{
 "answer": "The Regional municipality of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: By-law Respecting Smoking in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (S-200), verified 2026-09-27.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003131",
 "municipality": "Cape Breton",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.cbrm.ns.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law Respecting Smoking in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (S-200)",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2001-04-17",
   "document_url": "https://cbrm.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/S-200-Smoking-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Bans smoking in restaurants, bars, casinos, bingo/bowling/pool halls, places of public assembly, transit vehicles, taxis and school buses, with mandatory posted signage; amended Nov 18, 2003.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "fcde8fe431a3335357e361d094b3f25b45b6ec81bed8fd076853a4063cab8277",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "S-200",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/fcde8fe431a3335357e361d094b3f25b45b6ec81bed8fd076853a4063cab8277.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Restaurants, food establishments, casinos, drinking establishments, bingo halls, public assembly, arenas, bowling/pool halls, service counters/lines, reception areas, designated hotel/motel rooms, elevators/stairs, transit, taxis, restrooms, school buses, hospitals, designated exterior areas.",
    "fine_range": "Individual: not less than $100 first, $200 second, $300 third, max $1,000; Corporation: not less than $500 first, $700 second, $1,000 third, max $5,000; continuing offence not less than $100/day."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 4.1(a)-(n)",
    "fine_range": "s. 9.1; s. 9.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/cape-breton/smoking-vaping/bylaw-s-200/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/cape-breton/smoking-vaping/"
}