2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Time limit for prosecution
55(5)
A prosecution under this Act may be commenced not later than two
years after the day the alleged offence was committed.
S.M. 1997, c. 32, s. 2; S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 45; S.M. 2010, c. 3, s. 2; S.M. 2021, c. 16,
s. 12.
Additional penalties
55.1(1) When a person is convicted of an offence under this Act, the
court may, having regard to the nature of the offence and the
circumstances surrounding its commission, order the offender to pay
to the minister an amount that the government must use for the
purpose of educating the public on matters relating to workplace
safety and health. Such a penalty may be required in addition to any
other penalty that may be imposed under this Act.

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The Workplace Safety And Health Act
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Limit
55.1(2) The total of
(a) any additional amount required to be paid under subsection (1);
and
(b) any penalty required to be paid under section 55;
must not exceed the amount of the maximum penalty for which the
offender could be liable under section 55.
Unpaid additional penalties
55.1(3) If an amount is ordered to be paid under subsection (1), the
director may file the order in the Court of Queen’s Bench, and on
being filed the order may be enforced in the same manner and to
the same extent as a judgment of that court.
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 45; S.M. 2021, c. 16, s. 13.
Offences by directors, etc., of corporations
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Where a corporation commits an offence under this Act, any
officer, director or agent of the corporation, who directed,
authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the
commission of the offence is a party to and guilty of the offence
and liable, on summary conviction, to the penalty provided for the
offence.