Canadian Navigable Waters Act

Marginal note:Costs constituting debt

• 18 (1) The amount of the costs incurred by the Minister while acting under subsection 15(2) or (4) or section 16 — whether or not a sale has been held under section 17 — constitutes a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Recovery by Her Majesty

  (2) Such debts are recoverable from

  • (a) the person in charge of the obstruction at the time the obstruction was occasioned;

  • (b) any person through whose act or fault or through the act or fault of whose servant the obstruction was occasioned or continued; or

  • (c) the person to whom the order referred to in subsection 16(2) is given.

• Marginal note:Application of moneys recovered

  (3) Any sum recovered under subsection (2) shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.