Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Marginal note:Contravention of the Act, the regulations or agreements

• 272 (1) Every person commits an offence who contravenes

  • (a) a provision of this Act or the regulations;

  • (b) an obligation or a prohibition arising from this Act or the regulations;

  • (c) an order or a direction made under this Act;

  • (d) an order, direction or decision of a court made under this Act; or

  • (e) an agreement respecting environmental protection alternative measures within the meaning of section 295.

• Marginal note:Penalties

  (2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable

  • (a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both; and

  • (b) on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $300,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

• Marginal note:Application in respect of ships

  (3) For the purposes of this section, a ship is deemed to be a person in respect of every provision of this Act or the regulations that expressly applies to ships.