Competition Act

Marginal note:Failure to comply

• 123.1 (1) If, on application by the Commissioner, the court determines that a person, without good and sufficient cause, the proof of which lies on the person, has completed or is likely to complete a proposed transaction before the end of the applicable period referred to in section 123, the court may

  • (a) order the person to submit information required under subsection 114(2);

  • (b) issue an interim order prohibiting any person from doing anything that it appears to the court may constitute or be directed toward the completion or implementation of the proposed transaction;

  • (c) in the case of a completed transaction, order any party to the transaction or any other person, in any manner that the court directs, to dissolve the merger or to dispose of assets or shares designated by the court;

  • (d) in the case of a completed transaction, order the person to pay, in any manner that the court specifies, an administrative monetary penalty in an amount not exceeding $10,000 for each day on which they have failed to comply with section 123, determined by the court after taking into account any evidence of the following:

    • (i) the person’s financial position,

    • (ii) the person’s history of compliance with this Act,

    • (iii) the duration of the period of non-compliance, and

    • (iv) any other relevant factor; or

  • (e) grant any other relief that the court considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Purpose of order

  (2) The terms of an order under paragraph (1)(d) shall be determined with a view to promoting conduct by the person that is in conformity with the purposes of this Part and not with a view to punishment.

• Marginal note:Unpaid monetary penalty

  (3) The amount of an administrative monetary penalty imposed under paragraph (1)(d) is a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be recovered as such from the person in a court of competent jurisdiction.

• Marginal note:Definition of court

  (4) In this section, court means the Tribunal, the Federal Court or the superior court of a province.