International Boundary Waters Treaty Act

Marginal note:Injunctions

• 26 (1) When, on the application of the Minister, it appears to a court of competent jurisdiction that a person has done or is about to do or is likely to do any act or thing constituting or directed toward the commission of an offence under this Act, the court may issue an injunction ordering any person named in the application

  • (a) to refrain from doing any act or thing that it appears to the court may constitute or be directed toward the commission of the offence; or

  • (b) to do any act or thing that it appears to the court may prevent the commission of the offence.

• Marginal note:Notice

  (2) No injunction shall issue under subsection (1) unless 48 hours notice is given to the party or parties named in the application or the urgency of the situation is such that service of notice would not be in the public interest.