Canada Wildlife Act

Marginal note:Contravention of Act or regulations

• 13 (1) Every person who contravenes subsection 11(6) or any regulation

  • (a) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable

    • (i) in the case of a corporation, to a fine not exceeding $100,000, and

    • (ii) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; or

  • (b) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable

    • (i) in the case of a corporation, to a fine not exceeding $250,000, and

    • (ii) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both.

• Marginal note:Subsequent offence

  (2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Act a second or subsequent time, the amount of the fine for the subsequent offence may, notwithstanding subsection (1), be double the amount set out in that subsection.

• Marginal note:Continuing offence

  (3) A person who commits or continues an offence on more than one day is liable to be convicted for a separate offence for each day on which the offence is committed or continued.

• Marginal note:Fines cumulative

  (4) A fine imposed for an offence involving more than one animal, plant or other organism may be calculated in respect of each one as though it had been the subject of a separate information and the fine then imposed is the total of that calculation.

• Marginal note:Additional fine

  (5) Where a person has been convicted of an offence and the court is satisfied that monetary benefits accrued to the person as a result of the commission of the offence,

  • (a) the court may order the person to pay an additional fine in an amount equal to the court’s estimation of the amount of the monetary benefits; and

  • (b) the additional fine may exceed the maximum amount of any fine that may otherwise be imposed under this Act.