S-6.01 - Act respecting transportation services by taxi

Section 117 Disposition versions

2016-09-08

117. The following are guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $2,500 to $25,000 in the case of a natural person and $5,000 to $50,000 in other cases:

(1)  anyone who offers taxi transportation services without holding a taxi owner’s permit;

(2)  anyone who offers or provides taxi transportation services without holding a driver’s licence of the appropriate class and a taxi driver’s permit;

(3)  despite the suspension of his or her driver’s licence or of the right to obtain one under section 71.1, anyone who operates an automobile while under a penalty as provided by section 71.7;

(4)  anyone who offers to lease an automobile with the services of a driver who does not hold a taxi driver’s permit; and

(5)  anyone who fails to return his or her taxi driver’s permit to the Société or the municipal or supramunicipal authority that issued it, or refuses to immediately hand over the permit to a peace officer who demands it, when the permit has been suspended or revoked.

2001, c. 15, s. 117; 2016, c. 22, s. 39.

2002-06-30

117. Every person is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $350 to $1,050 who

(1)  without holding a taxi owner’s permit, offers or provides, for remuneration, passenger transportation with an automobile;

(2)  offers to lease an automobile and provide the services of a driver, whether or not the driver is remunerated, or has an interest in both an automobile leasing enterprise and in an enterprise that offers the services of a driver, whether or not the driver is remunerated;

(3)  fails to return the taxi driver’s permit to the Société or the municipal or supramunicipal authority that issued it, or refuses to immediately hand over the permit to a peace officer who demands it, where the taxi driver’s permit is the object of a suspension or revocation; or

(4)  operates a taxi, limousine or “de grand luxe” limousine without holding a driver’s licence for the proper class and a taxi driver’s permit.

2001, c. 15, s. 117.