Acts and Regulations

M-22 - Municipalities Act

Section 190.042
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190.042(1)No person shall refuse entry to or obstruct or interfere with an officer referred to in subsection 190.04(2) or 190.041(3) who under the authority of that subsection is entering or attempting to enter premises or a building or structure.
190.042(2)A person who violates or fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence that is, subject to subsections (3) and (4), punishable under Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category F offence.
190.042(3)Notwithstanding subsection 56(6) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, where a person who is leasing a dwelling or dwelling unit to another person commits an offence under subsection (2) in relation to the dwelling or dwelling unit, the minimum fine that may be imposed by a judge under that Act in respect of the offence shall be one thousand dollars.
190.042(4)Where an offence under subsection (2) continues for more than one day,
(a) if the offence was committed in relation to a dwelling or dwelling unit by a person who is leasing the dwelling or dwelling unit to another person,
(i) the minimum fine that may be imposed is the sum of
(A) one thousand dollars, and
(B) the minimum fine set by the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for a category F offence multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues after the first day, and
(ii) the maximum fine that may be imposed is the maximum fine set by the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for a category F offence multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues, and
(b) in any other case,
(i) the minimum fine that may be imposed is the minimum fine set by the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for a category F offence multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues, and
(ii) the maximum fine that may be imposed is the maximum fine set by the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for a category F offence multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues.
2006, c.4, s.13
190.042(1)No person shall refuse entry to or obstruct or interfere with an officer referred to in subsection 190.04(2) or 190.041(3) who under the authority of that subsection is entering or attempting to enter premises or a building or structure.
190.042(2)A person who violates or fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence that is, subject to subsections (3) and (4), punishable under Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category F offence.
190.042(3)Notwithstanding subsection 56(6) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, where a person who is leasing a dwelling or dwelling unit to another person commits an offence under subsection (2) in relation to the dwelling or dwelling unit, the minimum fine that may be imposed by a judge under that Act in respect of the offence shall be one thousand dollars.
190.042(4)Where an offence under subsection (2) continues for more than one day,
(a) if the offence was committed in relation to a dwelling or dwelling unit by a person who is leasing the dwelling or dwelling unit to another person,
(i) the minimum fine that may be imposed is the sum of
(A) one thousand dollars, and
(B) the minimum fine set by the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for a category F offence multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues after the first day, and
(ii) the maximum fine that may be imposed is the maximum fine set by the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for a category F offence multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues, and
(b) in any other case,
(i) the minimum fine that may be imposed is the minimum fine set by the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for a category F offence multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues, and
(ii) the maximum fine that may be imposed is the maximum fine set by the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for a category F offence multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues.
2006, c.4, s.13