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M-22 - Municipalities Act

Section 27.02
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Indemnification against liability
27.02(1)This section applies to the following:
(a) a fire department, brigade or association that provides fire protection services or non-fire related rescue services within a local service district;
(b) a member or former member of a fire department, brigade or association referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) the legal representatives or heirs of a person referred to in paragraph (b).
27.02(2)The Minister may indemnify a body or person referred to in subsection (1) against all costs, charges and expenses, including any amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by them in relation to any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which they are made a party by reason of the actions of a member or former member as a member of the fire department, brigade or association or by reason of being or having been a member of the fire department, brigade or association, as the case may be, if the member or former member
(a) acted honestly and in good faith, and
(b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing the conduct was lawful.
27.02(3)A body or person referred to in subsection (2) is entitled to indemnity from the Minister in relation to all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the defence of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding referred to in subsection (2) to which that body or person is made a party if
(a) the body or person seeking indemnity was substantially successful on the merits in defence of the action or proceeding, and
(b) the member or former member in respect of whose actions the action or proceeding was brought fulfills the conditions set out in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b).
2008, c.15, s.1; 2011, c.21, s.1
Indemnification against liability
27.02(1)This section applies to the following:
(a) a fire department, brigade or association that provides fire protection services or non-fire related rescue services within a local service district;
(b) a member or former member of a fire department, brigade or association referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) the legal representatives or heirs of a person referred to in paragraph (b).
27.02(2)The Minister may indemnify a body or person referred to in subsection (1) against all costs, charges and expenses, including any amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by them in relation to any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which they are made a party by reason of the actions of a member or former member as a member of the fire department, brigade or association or by reason of being or having been a member of the fire department, brigade or association, as the case may be, if the member or former member
(a) acted honestly and in good faith, and
(b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing the conduct was lawful.
27.02(3)A body or person referred to in subsection (2) is entitled to indemnity from the Minister in relation to all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the defence of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding referred to in subsection (2) to which that body or person is made a party if
(a) the body or person seeking indemnity was substantially successful on the merits in defence of the action or proceeding, and
(b) the member or former member in respect of whose actions the action or proceeding was brought fulfills the conditions set out in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b).
2008, c.15, s.1; 2011, c.21, s.1
Indemnification against liability
27.02(1)This section applies to the following:
(a) a fire department, brigade or association that provides fire protection services within a local service district;
(b) a member or former member of a fire department, brigade or association referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) the legal representatives or heirs of a person referred to in paragraph (b).
27.02(2)The Minister may indemnify a body or person referred to in subsection (1) against all costs, charges and expenses, including any amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by them in relation to any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which they are made a party by reason of the actions of a member or former member as a member of the fire department, brigade or association or by reason of being or having been a member of the fire department, brigade or association, as the case may be, if the member or former member
(a) acted honestly and in good faith, and
(b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing the conduct was lawful.
27.02(3)A body or person referred to in subsection (2) is entitled to indemnity from the Minister in relation to all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the defence of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding referred to in subsection (2) to which that body or person is made a party if
(a) the body or person seeking indemnity was substantially successful on the merits in defence of the action or proceeding, and
(b) the member or former member in respect of whose actions the action or proceeding was brought fulfills the conditions set out in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b).
2008, c.15, s.1