F-4.1 - Forest Act

Section 185 Disposition versions

2001-06-27

185. The following persons are guilty of an offence and are liable to a fine of $500 to $50,000:

(1)  every person who fails to comply with a prohibition or restriction governing access to or travel in a forest imposed by the Minister pursuant to section 134, or who contravenes a measure prescribed by the Minister pursuant to that section;

(2)  every person who contravenes the first paragraph of section 135 or fails to comply with the precautions determined by the fire-ranger when issuing a permit;

(3)  every person who contravenes one of the provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 of section 136 or of section 137 or 138;

(4)  every person who operates an industrial or household waste disposal site in or near the forest and who fails to comply with the first paragraph of section 139;

(5)  every owner or operator of a waste disposal site referred to in paragraph 4 who refuses to comply with an order given by the fire-ranger pursuant to the second paragraph of section 139, or who contravenes section 140;

(6)  every person referred to in section 141 or 142 who fails to comply with the safety standards prescribed under subparagraph 13 of the first paragraph of section 172 for the prevention and extinction of forest fires;

(7)  every person referred to in section 143 who fails to inform the forest fire protection organization of the person’s intention to carry on work or cause work to be carried on in the forest, or who fails to obtain from that organization the forest protection plan referred to in that section;

(8)  every holder of a management permit who uses fire as a silvicultural treatment and contravenes section 144.

1986, c. 108, s. 185; 2001, c. 6, s. 122.

1987-04-01

185. Every person who by act or omission aids another to commit an offence is guilty of the offence as if he had committed it himself, if he knew or ought to have known that his act or omission would probably result in aiding to commit the offence.

Every person who by encouragement, advice or orders leads another to commit an offence is guilty of the offence and any other offence committed by the other as a result of the encouragement, advice or order, if he knew or ought to have known that they would probably result in the commission of the offence.

1986, c. 108, s. 185.