Can a section of a municipal by-law containing cumulative penalties be quashed?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Long Branch (Village) v. Hogle, 1947 CanLII 16 (ON CA):
The by-law is also objectionable as containing cumulative penalties, even though they are expressly said to be severable. Any by-law may be quashed, either in whole or in part, for illegality: The City of Halifax v. Clusen (1886), 18 N.S.R. 521.
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