488.2. Every person who hinders a person designated under section 478 or 478.0.2 in the exercise of his functions or misleads the designated person by misrepresentation is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 in the case of a natural person or, in the case of a legal person, to a fine of not less than $1,500 nor more than $15,000 and, for any subsequent conviction, to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 in the case of a natural person or, in the case of a legal person, to a fine of not less than $3,000 nor more than $30,000.
The same applies to every person who refuses to provide any information or document to a person designated under section 478 that he is authorized to require under this Act.
2017, c. 232017, c. 23, s. 191.