Acts and Regulations

M-17 - Motor Vehicle Act

Section 140.1
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School zones
2023, c.7, s.5
140.1(1)No person shall drive a vehicle in a school zone during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session, at a speed in excess of
(a) 30 km/h in a municipality,
(b) the maximum speed limit prescribed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) or subsection 142(2) or (2.1), or
(c) 50 km/h in a rural community, regional municipality or rural district.
140.1(1.1)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure may, after conducting a technical evaluation based on Transportation Association of Canada guidelines and approved by a professional engineer, designate any part of a provincial highway that is in the vicinity of a public or private school as a school zone.
140.1(2)After conducting a technical evaluation based on Transportation Association of Canada guidelines and approved by a professional engineer for the purposes of prescribing the maximum speed limit for a school zone designated under subsection (1.1), the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure may prescribe any of the following maximum speed limits for the school zone:
(a) if the school zone is located in a municipality, a maximum speed limit that is higher than the maximum speed limit prescribed in paragraph (1)(a) but is no more than 20 km/h below the maximum speed limit for the part of the provincial highway before entering the school zone; or
(b) subject to subsection (2.2), if the school zone is located in a rural community, regional municipality or rural district, a maximum speed limit that is lower or higher than the maximum speed limit prescribed in paragraph (1)(c) but is no more than 20 km/h below the maximum speed limit for the part of the provincial highway before entering the school zone.
140.1(2.1)The maximum speed limit prescribed under subsection (2) for a school zone shall be in effect during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session.
140.1(2.2)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure shall not prescribe a maximum speed limit that is lower than 30 km/h.
140.1(3)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure shall erect signs marking the commencement and end of a school zone and signs giving notice of the maximum speed limit for the school zone prescribed in paragraph (1)(a) or (c) or subsection (2), as the case may be.
140.1(4)The signs referred to in subsection (3) shall face approaching traffic.
140.1(5)Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1)
(a) by driving at a speed of 25 km/h or less in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence,
(b) by driving at a speed of more than 25 km/h but not more than 50 km/h in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence, or
(c) by driving at a speed of more than 50 km/h in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence.
140.1(6)Where in a prosecution for an offence under paragraph (5)(b) the offence is not proven but evidence is adduced of facts which would constitute an offence under paragraph (5)(a), the alleged violator may be convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a) despite the fact that the alleged violator was not charged with committing an offence under that paragraph.
140.1(7)Notwithstanding section 51 or subsection 56(3), (5) or (8) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a), (b) or (c), the minimum fine shall be double the minimum fine specified in the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for that category of offence.
1977, c.32, s.14; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.26; 2006, c.13, s.8; 2007, c.44, s.9; 2010, c.31, s.85; 2017, c.46, s.2; 2023, c.7, s.6
School zones
140.1(1)No person shall drive a vehicle in a school zone during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session, at a speed in excess of
(a) thirty kilometres per hour in a municipality,
(b) the speed limit prescribed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) or subsection 142(2) or (2.1), or
(c) fifty kilometres per hour in other locations where the speed limit is not otherwise posted.
140.1(2)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure may designate parts of provincial highways that are in the vicinity of public or private schools as school zones and may, after conducting a technical evaluation that is based on Transportation Association of Canada guidelines and approved by a professional engineer, prescribe for those parts of provincial highways
(a) a higher rate of maximum speed than the rate of speed prescribed in paragraph (1)(a) for provincial highways located within the bounds of a municipality, or
(b) subject to subsection (2.2), a lower or higher rate of maximum speed than the rate of speed prescribed in paragraph (1)(c) for provincial highways in other locations where the speed limit is not otherwise posted.
140.1(2.1)The rate of speed prescribed under subsection (2) shall be in effect during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session.
140.1(2.2)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure shall not prescribe a maximum speed that is lower than thirty kilometres per hour.
140.1(3)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure shall erect signs on those parts of highways that are designated as school zones to mark each school zone.
140.1(4)A part of a highway that has been designated as a school zone shall be marked at the commencement and at the end of the zone with signs facing approaching traffic.
140.1(5)Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1)
(a) by driving at a speed of twenty-five kilometres per hour or less in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence,
(b) by driving at a speed of more than twenty-five kilometres per hour but not more than fifty kilometres per hour in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence, or
(c) by driving at a speed of more than fifty kilometres per hour in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence.
140.1(6)Where in a prosecution for an offence under paragraph (5)(b) the offence is not proven but evidence is adduced of facts which would constitute an offence under paragraph (5)(a), the alleged violator may be convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a) notwithstanding that he was not charged with committing an offence thereunder.
140.1(7)Notwithstanding section 51 or subsection 56(3), (5) or (8) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a), (b) or (c), the minimum fine shall be double the minimum fine specified in the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for that category of offence.
1977, c.32, s.14; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.26; 2006, c.13, s.8; 2007, c.44, s.9; 2010, c.31, s.85; 2017, c.46, s.2
Rules respecting speed
140.1(1)No person shall drive a vehicle in a school zone during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session, at a speed in excess of
(a) fifty kilometres per hour in an urban district,
(b) the speed limit prescribed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) or subsection 142(2), or
(c) eighty kilometres per hour in other locations where the speed limit is not otherwise posted.
140.1(2)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure may designate parts of highways that are in the vicinity of public or private schools to be designated as school zones and may prescribe for such parts a lower rate of maximum speed than the rate of speed prescribed in subsection (1) for such highways, and such rate of speed shall be in effect during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session.
140.1(3)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure shall erect signs on those parts of highways that are designated as school zones to mark each school zone.
140.1(4)A part of a highway that has been designated as a school zone shall be marked at the commencement and at the end of the zone with signs facing approaching traffic.
140.1(5)Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1)
(a) by driving at a speed of twenty-five kilometres per hour or less in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence,
(b) by driving at a speed of more than twenty-five kilometres per hour but not more than fifty kilometres per hour in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence, or
(c) by driving at a speed of more than fifty kilometres per hour in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence.
140.1(6)Where in a prosecution for an offence under paragraph (5)(b) the offence is not proven but evidence is adduced of facts which would constitute an offence under paragraph (5)(a), the alleged violator may be convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a) notwithstanding that he was not charged with committing an offence thereunder.
140.1(7)Notwithstanding section 51 or subsection 56(3), (5) or (8) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a), (b) or (c), the minimum fine shall be double the minimum fine specified in the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for that category of offence.
1977, c.32, s.14; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.26; 2006, c.13, s.8; 2007, c.44, s.9; 2010, c.31, s.85
Rules respecting speed
140.1(1)No person shall drive a vehicle in a school zone during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session, at a speed in excess of
(a) fifty kilometres per hour in an urban district,
(b) the speed limit prescribed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) or subsection 142(2), or
(c) eighty kilometres per hour in other locations where the speed limit is not otherwise posted.
140.1(2)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure may designate parts of highways that are in the vicinity of public or private schools to be designated as school zones and may prescribe for such parts a lower rate of maximum speed than the rate of speed prescribed in subsection (1) for such highways, and such rate of speed shall be in effect during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session.
140.1(3)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure shall erect signs on those parts of highways that are designated as school zones to mark each school zone.
140.1(4)A part of a highway that has been designated as a school zone shall be marked at the commencement and at the end of the zone with signs facing approaching traffic.
140.1(5)Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1)
(a) by driving at a speed of twenty-five kilometres per hour or less in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence,
(b) by driving at a speed of more than twenty-five kilometres per hour but not more than fifty kilometres per hour in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence, or
(c) by driving at a speed of more than fifty kilometres per hour in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence.
140.1(6)Where in a prosecution for an offence under paragraph (5)(b) the offence is not proven but evidence is adduced of facts which would constitute an offence under paragraph (5)(a), the alleged violator may be convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a) notwithstanding that he was not charged with committing an offence thereunder.
140.1(7)Notwithstanding section 51 or subsection 56(3), (5) or (8) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a), (b) or (c), the minimum fine shall be double the minimum fine specified in the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for that category of offence.
1977, c.32, s.14; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.26; 2006, c.13, s.8; 2007, c.44, s.9; 2010, c.31, s.85
Rules respecting speed
140.1(1)No person shall drive a vehicle in a school zone during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session, at a speed in excess of
(a) fifty kilometres per hour in an urban district,
(b) the speed limit prescribed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) or subsection 142(2), or
(c) eighty kilometres per hour in other locations where the speed limit is not otherwise posted.
140.1(2)The Minister of Transportation may designate parts of highways that are in the vicinity of public or private schools to be designated as school zones and may prescribe for such parts a lower rate of maximum speed than the rate of speed prescribed in subsection (1) for such highways, and such rate of speed shall be in effect during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the days during which a public school or private school in the vicinity of that school zone is in session.
140.1(3)The Minister of Transportation shall erect signs on those parts of highways that are designated as school zones to mark each school zone.
140.1(4)A part of a highway that has been designated as a school zone shall be marked at the commencement and at the end of the zone with signs facing approaching traffic.
140.1(5)Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1)
(a) by driving at a speed of twenty-five kilometres per hour or less in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence,
(b) by driving at a speed of more than twenty-five kilometres per hour but not more than fifty kilometres per hour in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence, or
(c) by driving at a speed of more than fifty kilometres per hour in excess of a speed limit referred to in that subsection commits an offence.
140.1(6)Where in a prosecution for an offence under paragraph (5)(b) the offence is not proven but evidence is adduced of facts which would constitute an offence under paragraph (5)(a), the alleged violator may be convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a) notwithstanding that he was not charged with committing an offence thereunder.
140.1(7)Notwithstanding section 51 or subsection 56(3), (5) or (8) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (5)(a), (b) or (c), the minimum fine shall be double the minimum fine specified in the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for that category of offence.
1977, c.32, s.14; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.26; 2006, c.13, s.8; 2007, c.44, s.9
Rules respecting speed
140.1The Minister of Transportation may designate parts of highways that are in the vicinity of public or private schools to be designated as school zones and may prescribe for such parts a lower rate of maximum speed than the rate of speed prescribed in section 140 for such highways, and such rate of speed may be different for any period or periods of the day or night or during any months of the year.
1977, c.32, s.14; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.26; 2006, c.13, s.8