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E-6.1 - Act respecting the regulation of the financial sector
Section 19.0.1
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19.0.1. Anyone who
(1) hinders or attempts to hinder the action of an inspector or investigator in the exercise of inspection or investigation functions or powers or who hides, destroys or refuses to provide information, a document or a thing the inspector or investigator is entitled to require or examine when exercising those functions or powers, or
(2) fails to appear after summons or refuses to testify in connection with an inspection or investigation,
is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 to $50,000 in the case of a natural person and $15,000 to $150,000 in all other cases.
The minimum and maximum fines are doubled for a second offence and tripled for a subsequent offence.
