518. The owner of a road vehicle travelling on a public highway whose net mass or number of axles, as the case may be, exceeds what is entered in the register kept by the Société pursuant to section 10 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $300 to $600 for the first offence and to a fine of $600 to $2,000 for any subsequent offence committed with the same vehicle during the twelve months following the date of conviction for the first offence.
Section 467 applies, adapted as required, with respect to the methods used to determine the net mass of a road vehicle and with respect to the probative force thereof.
An owner of a road vehicle must, at the request of the Société or a peace officer, furnish the weighing certificate within 10 days of the request to establish the net mass of the vehicle.
1986, c. 91, s. 518; 1990, c. 4, s. 212; 1990, c. 83, s. 194; 1990, c. 83, s. 261; 1998, c. 40, s. 117.