Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (S.C. 1995, c. 40)
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Act current to 2024-04-01 and last amended on 2019-01-15. Previous Versions
Marginal note:Certain defences not available
18 (1) A person named in a notice of violation does not have a defence by reason that the person
(a) exercised due diligence to prevent the violation; or
(b) reasonably and honestly believed in the existence of facts that, if true, would exonerate the person.
Marginal note:Common law principles
(2) Every rule and principle of the common law that renders any circumstance a justification or excuse in relation to a charge for an offence under an agri-food Act applies in respect of a violation to the extent that it is not inconsistent with this Act.
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