Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act

Marginal note:Due diligence available

• 28 (1) Due diligence is a defence in a proceeding in relation to a violation.

• Marginal note:Common law principles

  (2) Every rule and principle of the common law that renders any circumstance a justification or excuse in relation to a charge for an offence in relation to a consumer provision applies in respect of a violation to the extent that it is not inconsistent with this Act.