Telecommunications Act (S.C. 1993, c. 38)

Marginal note:Debts to Her Majesty

• 72.09 (1) An administrative monetary penalty constitutes a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada that may be recovered as such in the Federal Court.

• Marginal note:Time limit

  (2) No proceedings to recover a debt referred to in subsection (1) may be commenced later than five years after the debt became payable.

• Marginal note:Proceeds payable to Receiver General

  (3) An administrative monetary penalty paid or recovered in relation to a violation is payable to and shall be remitted to the Receiver General.

• Marginal note:Certificate of default

  (4) The unpaid amount of any debt referred to in subsection (1) may be certified by the Commission.

• Marginal note:Registration in Federal Court

  (5) Registration in the Federal Court of a certificate made under subsection (4) has the same effect as a judgment of that Court for a debt of the amount specified in the certificate and all related registration costs.