12. No other person holding an office or employed in the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation shall, while holding such office or employment, unless under an order of the Government, purchase, directly or indirectly, any right, title or interest in any colonization land, either in his own name, or through any other person, or in the name of any other person in trust for himself, or take or receive any fee or emolument for negotiating or transacting any business connected with his office or employment; and any title or interest thus obtained shall be null and void.
Any person contravening this section or section 11, shall forfeit his office or employment and be liable to a fine of $400, to be recovered in an action by any person suing for the same.
R. S. 1964, c. 102, s. 12; 1973, c. 22, s. 22; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1979, c. 77, s. 21.