Fish Inspection Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-12)

Act current to 2012-05-14 and last amended on 2005-12-12. Previous Versions

15. [Repealed, 1997, c. 6, s. 59]

PART III

GENERAL

Marginal note:Application

16. This Act applies to the shipment of fish or marine plants from one province to another as though the shipment from a province were an export and the shipment into a province were an import.

  • R.S., c. F-12, s. 16.
Marginal note:Designation of inspectors

  • 17. (1) The President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency may designate under section 13 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act the inspectors necessary for the administration and enforcement of this Act.

  • Marginal note:Designation

    (1.1) The President of the Canada Border Services Agency may designate inspectors under paragraph 9(2)(b) of the Canada Border Services Agency Act for the purposes of enforcing this Act.

  • Marginal note:Certificate to be produced

    (2) Inspectors shall be given certificates in a form established by the President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, as the case may be, attesting to their designation and, on entering any place under subsection 4(1), an inspector shall, if so required, produce the certificate to the person in charge of that place.

  • R.S., 1985, c. F-12, s. 17;
  • 1992, c. 1, s. 145(F);
  • 1995, c. 1, s. 62;
  • 1997, c. 6, s. 60;
  • 2005, c. 38, s. 116.
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Marginal note:Offence

17.1 Every person who contravenes a provision of this Act or a regulation made under it is guilty of an offence and liable

  • (a) on summary conviction

    • (i) to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both, or

    • (ii) for a subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; or

  • (b) on conviction by indictment

    • (i) in the case of a corporation, to a fine not exceeding $250,000, and

    • (ii) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

  • 1997, c. 6, s. 61.
Marginal note:Limitation period

  • 17.2 (1) A prosecution for a summary conviction offence under this Act may be instituted at any time within two years after the time the subject-matter of the prosecution becomes known to the Minister.

  • Marginal note:Minister’s certificate

    (2) A document purporting to have been issued by the Minister, certifying the day on which the subject-matter of any prosecution became known to the Minister, is admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the document and is evidence of the matters asserted in it.

  • 1997, c. 6, s. 61.