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 "municipality_id": "gx-003141",
 "municipality": "Halifax",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "noise",
 "label": "Noise & nuisance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.halifax.ca",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law N-200 Respecting Noise",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1999-09-14",
   "document_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/city-hall/legislation-by-laws/By-LawN-200.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates noise throughout HRM. Detonation of fireworks restricted; quiet hours enforced. Done and passed in Council Sept 14, 1999 (effective Sept 18, 1999); amended multiple times since.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c95827d13c3836fc41958ae0f8e53354acabe92a60b4bcfc7365b68371dbcc50.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "quiet_hours": "Weekdays after 9:30 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.; Sat after 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m.; Sun/holidays after 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. (Schedule A Time A)",
    "construction_hours": "Construction equipment weekdays 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. (Time E); rock breaking weekdays 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. (Time F); concrete pouring/finishing per Time G",
    "exemptions": "Emergency measures; municipal festivals/parades until 1:00 a.m.; Entertainment District until 12:00 a.m.; bells/calls to worship; permitted pit/quarry",
    "fine_range": "First $300; second $700; third+ $1,000; all up to $10,000 (or imprisonment up to 1 year)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "quiet_hours": "Schedule A Prohibited Times A",
    "construction_hours": "Schedule A Time E (item 8); Time F (rock breaking item 13); Time G (item 14)",
    "exemptions": "s. 4; s. 5(3); Schedule B; Schedule C",
    "fine_range": "s. 8"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/halifax/noise/text-c95827d13c38/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law N-200 — dedicated page",
   "category": "noise",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/legislation-by-laws/by-law-n-200",
   "summary": "Halifax.ca landing page for By-law N-200 with links to the current consolidated PDF and noise-complaint information.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/655c27a018d7bca4af1d2ebf7f4dab68c57fd436b69362ef2ea63669bbb72600.html",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/halifax/noise/"
}