36. Whosoever, by means of benefits having a pecuniary value, grants or accepts any rebate reducing the minimum wage or participates in such a rebate, commits an unlawful act and shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars but not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs for the first offence, and to a fine of not less than fifty dollars but not exceeding two hundred dollars and costs, for any subsequent offence.
R. S. 1964, c. 144, s. 35.