Marginal note:Notice of unpaid wages

6. Where a foreman, workman or labourer described in section 5 is not paid wages for himself or his team by any contractor or subcontractor by whom he has been employed, a notice stating the name of the claimant, the amount of wages claimed, the rate of those wages, the nature and amount of work done, the time when, the place where, and the name of the contractor or subcontractor, superintendent or foreman for whom the work was done shall be served on the company not later than two months after those wages are earned, and the notice shall be followed up by the commencement of a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction for the collection of those wages within thirty days after the service of the notice or the liability mentioned in section 5 ceases.

Marginal note:Service of notice

7. The notice described in section 6, and any summons, notice, order or other process required to be served on the company for the prosecution of the claim, may be served on the president, vice-president, secretary, managing director, superintendent or engineer, or any recognized officer representing the company, or by leaving it with any adult person at the office or residence of any of them.

Marginal note:Refusing to furnish statement

• 8. (1) Every contractor or subcontractor who, having received the demand from Her Majesty made pursuant to section 3, defaults in forwarding the list required is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and not less than ten dollars for every day during which the default continues.

• Marginal note:Determining the amount of fine

  (2) The amount of the fine, within the limits set out in subsection (1), shall be determined by the minister under whom the work is being executed, and may be deducted out of the moneys held by Her Majesty, deposited by or owing to the contractor, and shall become vested in Her Majesty.