DIVISION OF LAW 



LEGISLATION 



At the Session of the Legislature which opened on January 31, 1956, 

 amendments to several of the Statutes administered by the Department of Lands and 

 Forests, and amendments to The Land Titles Act, The Mining Act, The Highway Traffic 

 Act, and The Fines and Forfeitures Act of direct concern to the Department, were passed. 

 The Ontario Parks Integration Board Act, 1956 was enacted. The Minister of Lands and 

 Forests is a member of the Board. 

 Notes on Legislation 



The Crown Timber Act, 1952 - Provision is nnade for setting up Crown 

 management units from which a supply of timber to a mill can be assured, at the same time 

 making timber available from such units for other purposes. The provision as to the 



making of surveys in connection with licensed areas is extended to unlicensed areas, with 

 the costs of any such survey to be borne by the person responsible for the cutting of Crown 

 timber without authority. Sections dealing with the seizure of timber for the liquida- 



tion of overdue accounts are amended. 



The Game and Fisheries Act - Provision is nnade for a combined deer and 

 moose licence at a fee of $26,00. This licence is for use only in areas designated by the 

 regulations for the purpose. It is confined to resident hunters, who can take one deer or 

 one moose under the licence, but not one of each. Provision is made to prohibit by 



regulation the use of dogs in hunting caribou, deer or moose in densely- settled parts of 

 Ontario designated as such in the regulations. It is made an offence to hunt on private 



lands in parties of more than twelve persons without the land-owner's consent. This is 

 designed to give the land-owner protection against large-scale fox, rabbit, and other 

 drives, A new principle is introduced, with the provision that a court is empowered 



to prohibit a person from acquiring a hunting licence for a period of up to five years where 

 such person is convicted of an offence under The Forest Fires Prevention Act, any one of 



