17.1. Anyone who contravenes section 14 or 17 is guilty of an offence and is liable to the penalties prescribed by section 188 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26). Penal proceedings for such an offence are prescribed three years after the date on which the prosecutor becomes aware of its commission.
However, no proceedings may be brought if seven years have elapsed since the commission of the offence.
A certificate from the secretary of the Order attesting the date on which the Order became aware of the commission of the offence constitutes, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, sufficient proof of that fact.
2020, c. 152020, c. 15, s. 281.