531. Every person who contravenes any provision of the second or fourth paragraph of section 135, section 333.1.1, section 437 or 438, the first paragraph of section 444, sections 444.1 or 462 or a regulatory provision referred to in section 488 or 511 or in the second paragraph of section 520.4 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $325 to $1,150 in the case of a natural person or to a fine of $700 to $7,000 in the case of a legal person. Every person who commits an offence described in sections 532 to 535 is also liable to the said fine.
Every person who contravenes the second paragraph of section 444 or the third paragraph of section 452 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,450 to $6,075 in the case of a natural person or to a fine of $6,075 to $12,150 in the case of a legal person.
1991, c. 42, s. 531; 1996, c. 36, s. 49; 1998, c. 39, s. 172; 2006, c. 43, s. 38; 2009, c. 29, s. 17; 2011, c. 15, s. 84; 2017, c. 212017, c. 21, s. 6311.