57.1.16. Any person who in any way hinders or attempts to hinder the performance of the inspector general’s duties, misleads the inspector general by concealment or misrepresentation, refuses to hand over a document or information the inspector general may demand or examine, or conceals or destroys such a document or information is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 to $30,000 in the case of a natural person and $15,000 to $100,000 in any other case.
For any subsequent offence, the minimum and maximum fines prescribed in the first paragraph are doubled.
2014, c. 3, s. 1; 2022, c. 182022, c. 18, s. 9511.