{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003155",
 "municipality": "Port Hawkesbury",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fireworks",
 "label": "Fireworks",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofporthawkesbury.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fireworks By-Law",
   "category": "fireworks",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-09-03",
   "document_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fireworks-By-Law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the discharge and use of fireworks within the Town of Port Hawkesbury; first reading 6 Aug 2013, second reading 3 Sep 2013.",
   "capture_sha256": "38c7d5401e4914b321be1e15b2d54f75cac808db8067062c4876b01a5048f660",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/38c7d5401e4914b321be1e15b2d54f75cac808db8067062c4876b01a5048f660.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "sale_or_use_restricted": "Prohibits sale of firecrackers; no sale of consumer fireworks to persons under 19; prohibits discharging firecrackers and consumer fireworks; display fireworks only with Fire Chief approval",
    "permit_available": "Display fireworks require Fire Chief approval (and a valid Fireworks Supervisor Certificate); Town Council may grant exemption from any provision"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sale_or_use_restricted": "s. 4; s. 5; s. 6; s. 7",
    "permit_available": "s. 7; s. 8"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/fireworks/text-38c7d5401e49/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/fireworks/"
}