School Law

Provincial Offences Procedure Act – Part II   for a Category ‘C’ Offence

51.  The sentences that a judge may impose are:

         b ) for a categorized offence, 

            (i) a fine in accordance with this Act, and 

            (ii) a term of imprisonment when permitted by this Act,

 
52(3)  Nothing prevents the sum described in subsection (2) from exceeding the

           maximum amount of the fine set by this or any other Act for the offence

           committed.  1990, c.18, s.27.
 

56(3)  Where an Act makes an offence punishable as a category C offence,

            a judge shall impose a fine of not less than one hundred and forty dollars

            and not more than five hundred and seventy dollars.
 

57   Notwithstanding any maximum fine set for an offence under section 56,

       where a defendant is convicted of a categorized offence for which, on a

       previous conviction of the same offence, the defendant has been sentenced

       to the maximum fine available for that offence, the maximum fine the judge

       may impose is as follows:

            (c) for a category C offence, one thousand and seventy dollars,

 
  65.  Where an Act permits a sentence of imprisonment to be imposed but does

       not state the maximum term to which a defendant may be sentenced, the

       maximum term of imprisonment shall be thirty days.