Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (S.C. 2024, c. 16, s. 113)

Marginal note:Violation and liability

• 18 (1)  A person who contravenes subsection 5(1) or (2) or section 7 commits a violation and is liable to an administrative monetary penalty.

• Marginal note:Purpose

  (2) The purpose of an administrative monetary penalty is to promote compliance with this Act and not to punish.

• Marginal note:Violation or offence

  (3) If an act or omission may be proceeded with as a violation or as an offence, proceeding with it in one manner precludes proceeding with it in the other.