109.1. Notwithstanding sections 106 to 109, the Government may, by regulation, prescribe that an offence against a provision of this Act respecting a contaminant contemplated in a regulation or that an offence against a provision of a regulation or a class of orders, makes the offender liable, on summary proceedings,(a) in the case of a natural person, to a minimum fine of not more than $10 000 and to a maximum fine of not more than $25 000 in the case of the first offence, and to a minimum fine of not more than $25 000 and to a maximum fine of not more than $50 000 in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, or, in either case, to imprisonment for not more than 18 months or to both the imprisonment and fine, notwithstanding article 231 of the Code of Penal Procedure (chapter C-25.1);
(b) in the case of a corporation, to a minimum fine of not more than $25 000 and to a maximum fine of not more than $500 000 in the case of the first offence, of a minimum fine of not more than $250 000 and to a maximum fine of not more than $1 200 000 in the case of a second conviction and to a minimum fine of not more than $550 000 and to a maximum fine of not more than $1 500 000 in the case of any subsequent conviction.
The penalties contemplated in subparagraphs a and b of the first paragraph may be prescribed in a manner allowing them to vary according to the degree of the infringement of the standards.
1978, c. 64, s. 37; 1980, c. 11, s. 74; 1984, c. 29, s. 18; 1988, c. 49, s. 22; 1990, c. 26, s. 10; 1990, c. 4, s. 737.