HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 247/75THE CORPORATION OF iIiE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER a-F-1 7S
Being a by-law to prohibit and
regulate the discharge of guns, etc.
within the Town of Pickering.
WHEREAS authority is given to the Councils of local municipalities
to pass by-laws prohibiting or regulating the discharge of guns,
etc. in the municipality;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
PICKERING ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
(1) A person shall not discharge any gun, fire-arm, airgun or
spring-gun or any class or type thereof within the Town
of Pickering, excluding crown lands and those lands. under
wild-life extension agreements.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this by-law,
for the lands in the Town which are north of the Third Concession
(a) Land owners may discharge a shotgun, or rifle of no
greater calibre than .275 for the control of pests
upon lands owned or occupied by him provided that no
shot or bullet shall pass over the boundary of the
said lands.
(b) A hunter having in his possession all necessary
licences, required by the laws of the Province of
Ontario and the Dominion of Canada, to permit him to
hunt and to carry and discharge a gun, may discharge
a shotgun, or rifle of no greater calibre than .275
upon a landowner's land provided he has the landowner's
consent.
(c) A person may discharge a gun or other firearm in
the course of shooting competition provided the
Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering
has by resolution given its consent to the holding
of such competition.
(3) Any person discharging any gun, fire-arm, air-gun or
spring-gun of any class or type thereof contrary to the
provisions of this by-law, shall be guilty of an offence
and upon conviction shall forfeit and pay a penalty of
not less than $100.00 or more than $300.00 exclusive of
costs, recoverable under The Summary Convictions Act.
(4) The liability under Section 3 hereof for contravention
of Section 2 (b) hereof is not affected by reason only
that the accused was given permission to be on the land,
unless the permission is in writing signed by the owner
or occupier of the land.
By-law 3711/69 be and the same is hereby repealed.
TOWNS aw read a first, second and third time and passed this
PICKERING
_uc„I` day of to 1975.
APPROVED
AS TO FORM
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LEG4_ . SI_ r Mayor \
Administrator-Clerk