2nd Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 5

THE LIQUOR, GAMING AND CANNABIS CONTROL AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. L153 amended

1

The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Control Act is amended by this Act.

2

Section 101.1 is amended by renumbering it as subsection 101.1(1) and adding the following as subsection 101.1(2):

Interpretation — consuming cannabis

101.1(2)

For the purpose of this Part, a person consumes cannabis if they inhale, ingest or otherwise introduce cannabis into their body by any method.

3

The following is added after section 101.18:

No cannabis consumption in public places

101.18.1

Except as permitted by regulation or under The Smoking and Vapour Products Control Act, a person must not consume cannabis in a public place.

4

The following is added as clause 157(2)(dd.18):

(dd.18) for the purposes of section 101.18.1,

(i) specifying the places, times or circumstances when a person may consume cannabis in a public place,

(ii) prescribing the types or classes of cannabis that may be consumed in a public place, and

(iii) prescribing methods of cannabis consumption that are permitted in a public place;

Coming into force

5

This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.