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Federal Accountability Act (S.C. 2006, c. 9)

Assented to 2006-12-12

Marginal note:1995, c. 12, s. 7

80. Section 14 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Contravention

  • 14. (1) Every individual who fails to file a return as required under subsection 5(1) or (3) or 7(1) or (4), or knowingly makes any false or misleading statement in any return or other document submitted to the Commissioner under this Act or in any response provided relative to information sent under subsection 9.1(1), whether in electronic or other form, is guilty of an offence and liable

    • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; and

    • (b) on proceedings by way of indictment, to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

  • Marginal note:Other contraventions

    (2) Every individual who contravenes any provision of this Act — other than subsections 5(1) and (3), 7(1) and (4) and 10.3(1) — or the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

  • Marginal note:Limitation

    (3) Proceedings by way of summary conviction in respect of an offence under this section may be instituted at any time within but not later than five years after the day on which the Commissioner became aware of the subject-matter of the proceedings but, in any case, not later than ten years after the day on which the subject-matter of the proceedings arose.

Marginal note:Prohibition on communication

14.01 If a person is convicted of an offence under this Act, the Commissioner may — if satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest, taking into account the gravity of the offence and whether the offence was a second or subsequent offence under this Act — prohibit for a period of not more than two years the person who committed the offence from effecting any communication described in paragraph 5(1)(a) or 7(1)(a) or arranging a meeting referred to in paragraph 5(1)(b).

Marginal note:Publication

14.02 The Commissioner may make public the nature of the offence, the name of the person who committed it, the punishment imposed and, if applicable, any prohibition under section 14.01.

Marginal note:Replacement of references

81. The Act is amended by replacing “registrar” with “Commissioner” wherever it occurs in the following provisions:

  • (a) subsections 5(1) and (5);

  • (b) subsections 7(1) and (5);

  • (c) sections 7.1 to 7.3;

  • (d) subsections 9(2) to (4);

  • (e) section 10.2;

  • (f) section 10.4; and

  • (g) paragraphs 12(a) and (b).

Terminology

Marginal note:Replacement of references

82. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to the Lobbyists Registration Act is replaced by a reference to the Lobbying Act wherever it occurs in regulations, as defined in section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act and in any other instrument made in the execution of a power conferred under an Act of Parliament or by order or under the authority of the Governor in Council.