Acts and Regulations

M-17 - Motor Vehicle Act

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Litter
203(1)In this section “litter” means throw, drop, or deposit or cause to be deposited any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, cans or scraps of metals or any rubbish, refuse or waste.
203(2)No person shall litter a highway.
203(3)A person who litters a highway shall immediately remove the material so deposited in the highway.
203(4)Subject to subsection (5), a person who removes a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove glass or other injurious substances or things dropped upon the highway from the vehicle.
203(5)A person to whom subsection (4) applies is not required under that subsection to remove products, substances or organisms that are dangerous goods to which the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act applies.
1955, c.13, s.183; 1961-62, c.62, s.72; 1996, c.43, s.11
Litter
203(1)In this section “litter” means throw, drop, or deposit or cause to be deposited any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, cans or scraps of metals or any rubbish, refuse or waste.
203(2)No person shall litter a highway.
203(3)A person who litters a highway shall immediately remove the material so deposited in the highway.
203(4)Subject to subsection (5), a person who removes a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove glass or other injurious substances or things dropped upon the highway from the vehicle.
203(5)A person to whom subsection (4) applies is not required under that subsection to remove products, substances or organisms that are dangerous goods to which the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act applies.
1955, c.13, s.183; 1961-62, c.62, s.72; 1996, c.43, s.11