LAW 602 Lecture 1: LAW602 – Lecture 1*

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 602
• Professor: Eric Libman

Document Summary

Summary offence: the least serious criminal offence, general penalty ,000 fine and/or 6 months in jail; prosecutor elects summary conviction procedure. Indictable offence includes fraud (s. 380) and identity fraud (s. 403: punishment -> indictable offence 5 years, or summary conviction offence. Competition act false or misleading representations, s. 52(5) -> penalty by indictment fine (unlimited), jail for 14 years; summary conviction fine up to ,000 or 1 year in jail, or both. Income tax act failing to comply with demand to provide documents or information, s. 238 -> penalty of fine between ,000 to ,000, jail for 1 year, or both: provincial laws: Consumer protection act, 2002 (cid:862)u(cid:374)fair pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es(cid:863) i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude false, (cid:373)isleadi(cid:374)g, or de(cid:272)epti(cid:448)e representation, s. 14(1) -> examples given, such as representation that goods or services are available for a reason that does not exist (para. 6); penalty for engaging in unfair practices, individual maximum fine of.