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Disobedience of Order of the Commission

Cap. 223, s. 42 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Every public utility provider who fails or refuses to obey an Order of the Commission made under this Act shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of ten thousand dollars, and if the failure or refusal continues after the first conviction, to a fine of one thousand dollars for each day such failure or refusal continues. 28 (2) Whenever it is proved that a public utility provider has failed to obey any Order of the Commission made under this Act, every director and manager of such company shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of five hundred dollars unless he proves that, according to his position and authority, he took all necessary and proper means in his power to obey and carry out and secure obedience to the Order of the Commission and that he was not at fault for the failure to obey the Order. (3) Where a public utility provider has been convicted under subsection (1) above, the court which makes the conviction may, when passing sentence, recommend to the person or competent authority who or which issued the licence of the public utility provider to cancel such licence.
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