Cannabis Act (S.C. 2018, c. 16)

Marginal note:Penalty

44 Subject to section 51, every person that contravenes a provision of this Act for which no punishment is otherwise provided by this Act, or that contravenes a provision of a regulation, an order made under any of sections 73 to 76, an order amended under section 79 or an order made under section 82,

• (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both; or

• (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable, for a first offence, to a fine of not more than $250,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both, and, for any subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than $500,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 18 months, or to both.