Weights and Measures Act

Marginal note:Punishment for first offence

• 35 (1) Every person who is guilty of an offence under any of sections 23 to 34 is liable, for a first offence,

  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; or

  • (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

• Marginal note:Punishment for subsequent offences

  (1.1) Every person who is guilty of an offence under any of sections 23 to 34 is liable, for a second or subsequent offence,

  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; or

  • (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

• Marginal note:Punishment for general offence

  (2) Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations for the contravention of which no liability for a punishment is elsewhere provided in this Act is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction for a first offence under that provision to a fine not exceeding $10,000, and for a second or subsequent offence under that provision to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

• Marginal note:Officers, etc., of corporations

  (3) If a corporation commits an offence under this Act, any officer, director or agent or mandatary of the corporation who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the offence is a party to and guilty of the offence and is liable on conviction to the punishment provided for the offence whether or not the corporation has been prosecuted or convicted.