Penalties
104(1)Unless otherwise provided by this Act, every person who commits an offence under this Act is liable on conviction to a fine of an amount not less than the minimum or more than the maximum amount prescribed for the offence in Schedule A.
104(2)In addition to the penalties provided for by subsection (1), every person convicted of an offence
(a)
under subsection 3(2), paragraph 32(1)(
a), (
b) or (
d.1) or 33(1)(
a) or (
b), section 46.1, paragraph 51(1)(
a) or section 58 shall be imprisoned for a term of
(i)
seven days for the first offence; and
(ii)
two months for a second or subsequent offence;
(b)
under paragraph 32(1)(
c) or 32(1)(
e) shall be imprisoned for a term of
(i)
one month for a first offence; and
(ii)
two months for a second or subsequent offence;
(c)
under section 50, shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than seven days and not more than one month.
104(3)Every person convicted of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is prescribed elsewhere in this Act is liable upon conviction to a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than three hundred dollars.
104(4)Every person who violates any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations that is not otherwise stated to be an offence commits an offence and is liable upon conviction to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars.
104(5)Where a person convicted of an offence under subsection 3(2), paragraph 32(1)(
a), (
b), (
c), (
d.1) or (
e) or 33(1)(
a) or (
b), section 46.1, paragraph 51(1)(
a) or section 58 has previously been convicted of an offence under any of those provisions, that previous conviction shall be deemed to be, for the purposes of determining the punishment to which a person is subject under subsection (1) or (2), a first offence.
1983, c.33, s.26; 1986, c.38, s.4; 1987, c.21, s.20; 1989, c.11, s.16; 1990, c.22, s.15; 1992, c.1, s.7; 1993, c.24, s.4; 1997, c.1, s.33; 2004, c.12, s.42