Canada Shipping Act, 2001

Marginal note:Contravention of Act or regulations

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

  • (a) paragraph 155(1)(a) (report wreck);

  • (b) paragraph 155(1)(b) (take directed measures regarding wreck);

  • (c) section 157 (possessing, concealing, destroying or disposing of wreck); or

  • (d) a provision of the regulations made under this Part.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both.

• Marginal note:Prosecutions

  (3) In a prosecution under this Part, it is not necessary to identify the wreck as the property of a particular person or as coming from a particular vessel.