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C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code
Section 638.1
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638.1. Every person who in any way hinders a peace officer in the performance of duties under this Code, the Act respecting owners, operators and drivers of heavy vehicles (chapter P-30.3) or an Act the Société is responsible for enforcing in accordance with section 519.64, in particular by misleading the peace officer by concealment or false declarations, refusing to provide the peace officer with any information or document the peace officer is entitled to require or examine, or concealing or destroying any document or property relevant to an inspection is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $300 to $600 or, if the offence is committed during an intervention involving a heavy vehicle, $700 to $2,100.
Despite the first paragraph, the fine is $600 to $2,000 if the offence is committed by a road vehicle recycler during an intervention by a peace officer in the performance of duties under section 156 of this Code.
638.1. Every person who in any way hinders a peace officer in the performance of duties under this Code, the Act respecting owners, operators and drivers of heavy vehicles (chapter P-30.3) or an Act the Société is responsible for enforcing in accordance with section 519.64, in particular by misleading the peace officer by concealment or false declarations, refusing to provide the peace officer with any information or document the peace officer is entitled to require or examine, or concealing or destroying any document or property relevant to an inspection is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $300 to $600 or, if the offence is committed during an intervention involving a heavy vehicle, $700 to $2,100.
638.1. No person may hinder a peace officer in the performance of the officer’s duties under this Code, mislead the peace officer by concealment or false declarations, refuse to provide the peace officer with any information or document the peace officer is entitled to require or examine, or conceal or destroy any document or property relevant to an inspection.
