129. Every person who commits a fraudulent act, or incites a person to commit a fraudulent act, in connection with a recruitment or promotion competition, a grade advancement examination or the establishment of a candidate inventory is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $700 to $2,800.
A person who is found guilty of such an offence ceases to be eligible for any competition or examination for a period of five years. In addition, the person is removed from all lists of candidates declared qualified existing on the date of the judgment or from the lists relating to competitions under way on that date and, if a public servant, the person is liable to disciplinary action.
Proceedings for the offence described in the first paragraph are prescribed one year from the date on which the prosecutor becomes aware of the commission of the offence.
1983, c. 55, s. 129; 1986, c. 58, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 426; 1991, c. 33, s. 40; 2013, c. 25, s. 41.