Pest Control Products Act

Marginal note:Application of certain provisions of Criminal Code

54 Subsections 489.1(2) and (3) and section 490 of the Criminal Code apply in respect of a pest control product or other thing seized by an inspector, except that

• (a) the references in subsection 490(1) of that Act to “the prosecutor” shall be read as references to “the prosecutor or inspector”;

• (b) the reference in subsection 490(2) of that Act to “a period of not more than three months” shall be read as a reference to “a period of not more than six months”;

• (c) the references in section 490 of that Act to “proceedings” shall be read as references to “proceedings or proceedings in respect of violations”; and

• (d) if proceedings relating to the seized thing are commenced in respect of a violation, the justice before whom the thing was brought or to whom its seizure was reported shall forward the seized thing to the Minister to be detained and disposed of under section 22 of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act or under subsection 55(3) of this Act.