Canada Temperance Act

Canada Temperance Act
Parliament of Canada
  • An Act respecting the Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors
CitationS.C. 1878, c. 16
Royal assent10 May 1878
Keywords
Temperance
Status: Repealed

The Canada Temperance Act[1] (French: Loi de tempérance du Canada),[a] also known as the Scott Act,[b] was an Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in 1878, which provided for a national framework for municipalities to opt in by plebiscite to a scheme of prohibition. It was repealed in 1984.

  1. ^ The Canada Temperance Act, 1878, S.C. 1878, c. 16


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