12. Every retail dealer shall collect, as a mandatary of the Minister, the tax imposed by section 2 on any sale of fuel made by the retail dealer.
Whether the price is stipulated to be payable in cash, with a term, in instalments or in any other manner, the tax provided for in section 2 shall be collected by the retail dealer at the time of the sale and on the total quantity that is the object of the contract, taking into account any amount of tax payable by reason of the place of delivery.
The tax shall, for each type of fuel, be indicated separately from the sale price on any document recording the sale, on any invoice and in the accounting books of the retail dealer, except in the cases prescribed by regulation.
In addition, the tax shall be referred to by its name, an abbreviation of its name or a similar designation. No other form of reference to the tax may be used.
1972, c. 30, s. 12; 1980, c. 14, s. 2; 1991, c. 15, s. 4; 1995, c. 65, s. 130; 1999, c. 83, s. 324; 2002, c. 46, s. 36.