Canada National Parks Act (S.C. 2000, c. 32)

Marginal note:Offences involving more than one animal, plant or object

• 27. (1) If an offence involves more than one animal, plant or object, the fine to be imposed in respect of that offence may, despite sections 24 to 26, be the total of the fines that would have been imposed if each of the animals, plants or objects had been the subject of a separate information.

• Marginal note:Continuing offences

  (2) If a contravention of this Act or the regulations is committed or continued on more than one day, it constitutes a separate offence for each day on which it is committed or continued.

• Marginal note:Deeming — second and subsequent offence

  (3) For the purposes of sections 24 to 26, a conviction for a particular offence under this Act is deemed to be a conviction for a second or subsequent offence if the court is satisfied that the offender has been previously convicted — under any Act of Parliament, or any Act of the legislature of a province, that relates to environmental or wildlife protection or conservation, or the protection of cultural, historical or archaeological resources — of a substantially similar offence.

• Marginal note:Application

  (4) Subsection (3) applies only to previous convictions on indictment and to previous convictions on summary conviction, and to previous convictions under any similar procedure under any Act of the legislature of a province.

Marginal note:Determination of small revenue corporation status

27.1 For the purpose of sections 24 to 26, a court may determine a corporation to be a small revenue corporation if the court is satisfied that the corporation’s gross revenues for the 12 months immediately before the day on which the subject matter of the proceedings arose — or, if it arose on more than one day, for the 12 months immediately before the first day on which the subject matter of the proceedings arose — were not more than $5,000,000.

Marginal note:Relief from minimum fine

27.2 The court may impose a fine that is less than the minimum amount provided for in section 24, 25 or 26 if it is satisfied, on the basis of evidence submitted to the court, that the minimum fine would cause undue financial hardship. The court shall provide reasons if it imposes a fine that is less than the minimum amount provided for in any of those sections.

Marginal note:Additional fine

27.3 If a person is convicted of an offence under this Act and the court is satisfied that, as a result of the commission of the offence, the person acquired any property, benefit or advantage, the court shall order the person to pay an additional fine in an amount equal to the court’s estimation of the value of that property, benefit or advantage. The additional fine may exceed the maximum amount of any fine that may otherwise be imposed under this Act.