Protection of Property Act, RSNS 1989, c 363, s.1.

The present Act ahs the purpose to protect property rights; every person who, without legal justification, whether conferred by an enactment or otherwise, or without the permission of the occupier or a person authorized by the occupier, the proof of which rests upon the person asserting justification or permission, a) enters on premises that is a lawn, garden, orchard, vineyard, golf course or acreage managed for agricultural crops; b) enters on premises that is apparently a tree plantation area or a Christmas tree management area; ba) enters on premises that is apparently a railway line; c) enters on premises that is enclosed in a manner that indicates the occupiers intention to keep persons off the premises or to keep animals on the premises; d) dumps or deposits material of any kind or causes, suffers or permits material to be dumped or deposited on premises; e) enters on premises where entry is prohibited by notice; or f) engages in an activity which is prohibited on the premises by notice, is guilty of an offence.