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5.7 (1) The Minister may by notice in writing to an owner or lessee who
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(b) has a building, structure or object on any lands, in contravention of a zoning regulation, advise the owner or lessee that unless ... the contravening use is permanently discontinued ... the Minister intends to enter on the lands and take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to prevent the continuation of the contravening use....
"tort"(délit). The term contravention corresponds to the term
"contravening use", which is used in penal law. This is not a private law notion.
(Amendment to the French version only)
5.7 (1) The Minister may by notice in writing to an owner or lessee who
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(b) has a building, structure or object on any lands, in contravention of a zoning regulation, advise the owner or lessee that unless ... the contravening use is permanently discontinued ... the Minister intends to enter on the lands and take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to prevent the continuation of the contravening use....
Federal Law-Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 1, S.C. 2001, c. 4, s. 54
