Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Marginal note:Offence and punishment

• 17 (1) Every corporation that contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations

  • (a) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; or

  • (b) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding one million dollars.

• Marginal note:Offence and punishment

  (2) Every individual who contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations

  • (a) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; or

  • (b) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

• 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.