74. Whoever contravenes any provision of this act for which no penalty is otherwise provided or refuses to comply with an order made pursuant to this act or the regulations or knowingly makes a false declaration respecting a matter before the Commission or the Tribunal is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary proceeding, in addition to payment of the costs, for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues, to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars in the case of a physical person, and of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars in the case of a moral person, for a first offence, and of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars in the case of a physical person, and of not less than eight hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars in the case of a moral person for each subsequent offence within the twelve months following an offence.
Every person is a party to any offence contemplated in this section when he does or refrains to do anything with a view to helping or inciting anyone to commit the offence or when he in any way induces or attempts to induce anyone to commit such offence.
When an offender is found guilty of a third offence within the twelve months following an offence, the Tribunal shall order the removal for one month of the markers and registration certificate of the vehicle with which the last offence was committed; in the case of a fourth offence, the period of removal shall be two months and in the case of a fifth offence or of any subsequent offence, the period of removal shall be three months.
1972, c. 55, s. 75; 1975, c. 45, s. 22.