Offences and penalties

(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or any regulation made there under for which no penalty is specifically provided commits an 22 Land Surveyors offence and on summary conviction thereof is liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. (2) No prosecution under this Act shall be commenced except by or with the written sanction of the Commissioner. (3) Upon the conviction of any person for any offence under section 21 or 22 of this Act, the court may, in addition to such punishment as it may impose under subsection (1) of this section, order the person convicted to pay to the Commissioner such sum as may be certified by the Commissioner as the costs incurred in repairing or replacing the thing obliterated, removed or damaged and of making any survey rendered necessary by the act for which he was convicted.