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The Brown Book is a document created by the Manitoba government containing suggested fines for various offences against the Acts of the government, including the Highway Traffic Act. [1] For example, the Brown Book lists the following suggested fines: for speeding 10 km/h over the limit, the fine is 181.50 Canadian dollars
A new Public Works Act and Highway Traffic Act were passed in 1965, resulting in considerable changes to the Department's structure. Most notably, Public Works was divided into two separate departments: the Departments of Public Works and of Highways, though both would continue to share a single ministry.
Traffic codes are laws that generally include provisions relating to the establishment of authority and enforcement procedures, statement of the rules of the road, and other safety provisions. Administrative regulations for driver licensing , vehicle ownership and registration , insurance , vehicle safety inspections and parking violations may ...
The first provincial Highway Traffic Act (passed in 1923) [23] changed the speed limit for highways to 25 mph (40 km/h). [ 24 ] Limits were later increased, for rural roads, to 50 mph (80 km/h) and then again to 60 mph (97 km/h).
O'Grady v Sparling [1] was a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision, on the constitutionality of overlapping federal and provincial laws. The Court held that there was no conflict between federal dangerous driving offences, which only prohibited "advertent" negligence and provincial careless driving offences, including "inadvertent" negligence.
Judges of the Provincial Court are appointed by Order-in-Council of the Province of Manitoba upon the recommendation of a Judicial Advisory Committee, which is composed of the Chief Judge, four citizens appointed by the provincial government, the President of the Law Society of Manitoba, the President of the Manitoba Bar Association, and a representative of the Provincial Court judges.
The Non-Smokers Health Protection Act — amended to prohibit people from smoking cannabis in enclosed public places, including through the use of e-cigarettes. The Off-Road Vehicles Act — amended to create similar transportation and consumption prohibitions for off-road vehicles as those added for vehicles under The Highway Traffic Act.
Provincial Trunk Highway 1A (PTH 1A) is the name used for two provincial primary highways located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. One is located within the city of Portage la Prairie and the other, within and west of the city of Brandon .