13. (1) Every person who infringes section 3 shall be guilty of an offence and liable, upon summary proceeding, in addition to payment of the costs, to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2 000 for each day or part of a day that the offence continues and, for any subsequent offence within two years of conviction for the same offence, to a fine of not less than $2 000 nor more than $4 000.
(2) Every person who infringes any other provision of this Act or the regulations, or hinders or attempts to hinder in any manner any person doing anything which this Act obliges or authorizes him to do, or who destroys, removes, hides, alters or obliterates a permit issued under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and liable, upon summary proceeding, in addition to payment of the costs, to a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $500.
(3) In any proceedings instituted under this Act, where the offence is committed in a hotel establishment, restaurant, camping ground and trailer park or tourist information bureau, the holder of the permit or the owner or manager of the establishment may be condemned to the same penalties as the person who committed the offence.
(4) If, in any proceedings taken under this Act, proof of a permit is required, a certificate signed by the deputy minister of Tourism shall be sufficient proof of the existence of the permit and of its contents.