S-2.4 - Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience

Section 89 Disposition versions

2024-05-28

89. The following are liable to a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 in the case of a natural person and $3,000 to $15,000 in any other case:

(1)  anyone who fails to file a risk report in contravention of section 11;

(2)  anyone who hinders the Minister, a municipal authority, an investigator, an inspector or a person designated or authorized under section 15, the second paragraph of section 21, section 51 or 55 in the exercise of the powers conferred on them under this Act, who refuses to obey an order they are entitled to give, to communicate the information or documents they are entitled to require or, without valid reason, to provide the assistance they are entitled to require, or who conceals or destroys documents or other things relevant to the exercise of their functions; and

(3)  anyone who reports or provides false, incomplete or misleading information or a document that is incomplete or contains false or misleading information in order to deceive the person entitled to require the information or document.

Penal proceedings for an offence under subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph are prescribed one year after the prosecutor becomes aware of the commission of the offence. However, no proceedings may be instituted more than five years after the commission of the offence.

2024, c. 18, s. 1.