C-27.1 - Municipal Code of Québec

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455. Except where the applicable penalty is provided for by law, the council may, by by-law,
(1)  prescribe that an offence under any regulatory provision coming under its jurisdiction shall be sanctioned by a fine;
(2)  prescribe either a fine of a fixed amount, or the minimum and maximum fines or a minimum fine of $1 and a maximum fine.
The fixed amount or maximum amount prescribed cannot exceed, for a first offence, $1,000 if the offender is a natural person, or $2,000 if the offender is a legal person. In the case of a second or subsequent conviction, the fixed amount or maximum amount prescribed cannot exceed $2,000 if the offender is a natural person, or $4,000 if the offender is a legal person.
M.C. 1916, a. 371; 1927, c. 74, s. 8; 1939, c. 98, s. 2; 1947, c. 77, s. 13; 1954-55, c. 50, s. 11; 1975, c. 82, s. 19; 1979, c. 36, s. 17; 1990, c. 4, s. 247; 1992, c. 27, s. 34.
455. The corporation may prescribe, in each by-law within its powers, either a penalty of a fixed amount, or a minimum and maximum penalty, or a maximum penalty only; the amount of the fine shall not exceed $300, except where otherwise provided.
M.C. 1916, a. 371; 1927, c. 74, s. 8; 1939, c. 98, s. 2; 1947, c. 77, s. 13; 1954-55, c. 50, s. 11; 1975, c. 82, s. 19; 1979, c. 36, s. 17; 1990, c. 4, s. 247.