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Statute Labour Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.20.

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Canada
Ontario
Elimination of forced labour
1990
State or Province
Law, Act

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Provides that every person assessed upon the assessment roll of a township that has not passed a by-law abolishing statute labour is, if his or her property is assessed at not more than $300, liable to two days statute labour; at more than $300 but not more than $500, three days; at more than $500 but not more than $700, four days; at more than $700 but not more than $900, five days; and for every $300 over $900, or any fractional part thereof over $150, one additional day.

Town councils may pass by-laws abolishing or modifying the duty to perform Statute Labour. Those in the armed forces and students are exempt from this law.

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