Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Marginal note:Offence and punishment

• 17 (1) Every corporation or company that contravenes this Act, the regulations or an order

  • (a) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to a fine of not more than $200,000; or

  • (b) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to a fine of not more than $2 million.

• Marginal note:Offence and punishment

  (2) Every individual who contravenes this Act, the regulations or an order

  • (a) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to a fine of not more than $4,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both; or

  • (b) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to a fine of not more than $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both.

• Marginal note:Continuing offence

  (2.1) An offence that is committed or continued on more than one day constitutes a separate offence for each day on which it is committed or continued.

• Marginal note:Defence where more than one manufacturer

  (3) In a prosecution for a contravention of section 4 or subsection 5(1) by a company engaged in the business of assembling or altering vehicles, it is a defence for the company to establish that the contravention occurred as a result of work previously done on a vehicle by another person engaged in the manufacture of the vehicle.

• Marginal note:Due diligence defence

  (4) In a prosecution for a contravention of section 16, a person is not to be found guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) if they establish that they exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.