175.1. Every person who produces a report under section 70 which contains any statement which he knows to be false or misleading is liable to a maximum fine of $11 175.
Penal proceedings for such offence shall be prescribed by one year from the date on which the investigation record relating to the offence was opened.
The certificate of the Minister indicating the date on which the investigation began constitutes, failing any evidence to the contrary, conclusive proof of such fact.
1988, c. 73, s. 64; 1990, c. 4, s. 430; 1991, c. 33, s. 45; 1992, c. 61, s. 311.