F-4.1 - Forest Act

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95.32. The holder of a management permit subject to a plan governed by this division, or the third person entrusted with the execution of work authorized by the permit, who contravenes a standard of forest management that is integrated into the plan in accordance with section 95.10, is guilty of an offence and is liable
(1)  where the standard of forest management relates to a matter referred to in subparagraph 2 or 7 of the first paragraph of section 171, to a fine of $10 to $450 for each tree the holder cut or failed to cut in contravention of the applicable standard ;
(2)  where the standard of forest management relates to a matter referred to in subparagraph 1 or 8 of the first paragraph of section 171, to a fine of $5 to $450 for each tree the holder cut or failed to cut in contravention of the applicable standard or, where the standard of forest management is a standard relating to the salvage of a volume of useful ligneous matter, to a fine of $40 to $200 for each cubic metre of timber the holder fails to salvage, in contravention of the applicable standard ;
(3)  where the standard of forest management relates to a matter referred to in subparagraphs 3 to 6 of the first paragraph of section 171, to a fine of $1,000 to $40,000 ;
(4)  where the standard of forest management relates to a matter referred to in subparagraph 9 of the first paragraph of section 171, to a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 for each hectare or part of a hectare affected by the offence or that falls above or below the applicable standard.
2002, c. 25, s. 17.