269.2. The Authority may, where it considers it to be in the public interest, apply to the court for a declaration to the effect that a person has failed to discharge an obligation under this Act or a regulation, and that the person be condemned to pay damages up to the amount of the damage caused to other persons.
The court may also impose punitive damages, or order the person to repay the profits derived as a result of the failure.
An application by the Authority under this section shall be filed in the district in which the residence or principal establishment of the person concerned is situated or, if the person has neither residence nor establishment in Québec, in the district of Montréal.
2001, c. 38, s. 72; 2002, c. 45, s. 696; 2004, c. 37, s. 90; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).