171. Every person who contravenes(1) in respect of animals other than big game, any provision of a regulation made under subparagraph 4 of section 56, or
(2) any provision of section 12, the third or fifth paragraph of section 13.1, section 13.1.0.1, the second paragraph of section 13.2, section 22, 23.1, 30.4, 33, 36, 36.1, 40 or 61, the second paragraph of section 70.1, section 78.5, 88, 96, 105, 112 or 123, the first paragraph of section 175 or of a regulation for which no penalty is specifically provided;
is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,500 for the first offence, and, for any subsequent offence within five years of conviction for an offence under the same provision, to a fine of not less than $1,500 nor more than $4,500.