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TOWN OF PORT HAWKESBURY
DEED TRANSFER TAX BY-LAW
1. This By-law is known and may be cited as the Deed Transfer Tax By-law.
2. A Deed Transfer Tax shall apply in the Town of Port Hawkesbury.
3. Part V, "Deed Transfers" and Section 3, "Interpretation" of the Municipal
Government Act, SNS 1998, c 18, shall apply to deed transfers.
4. The rate of the Deed Transfer Tax for the Town of Port Hawkesbury is one and
one-half percent (1.5 %) of the sale price or value of the property transferred.
5. The Registrar of Deeds shall be the agent and collector of the Deed Transfer Tax
for the Town of Port Hawkesbury.
6. The former Town of Port Hawkesbury Municipal Land Transfer Tax By-law
passed and adopted by the Town Council on May 6, 1982 is repealed and this
By-law is substituted in its place.
7. This By-law shall come into effect on November 1,2012.
Date of first reading:
August 21, 2012
Date of advertisement of Notice of Intent to Consider: September 12, 2012
Date of second reading:
October 2, 2012
*Date of advertisement of Passage of By-Law:
October 17, 2012
Date of mailing to Minister of certified copy of By-law: October 18, 2012
I certify that this TAX EXEMPTION BY-LAW was adopted by Council and
published as indicated above.
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This electronic version of this By-law is provided by the Clerk of the Town of Port Hawkesbury for your convenience and personal use only.
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