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208. Any court of civil jurisdiction, on application by the Attorney General, may order the removal or destruction
at the expense of the defendant, within eight days of the judgment, of any poster, sign, advertisement, bill-board or
illuminated sign not in conformity with this Act.

The application may be directed against the owner of the advertising equipment or against whoever placed the poster,
sign, advertisement, bill-board or illuminated sign or had it placed.
1977, c. 5, s. 208; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).

208.1. Every person who is convicted of contravening section 78.1 or 78.2 is disqualified for office as a
member of a school service centre’s board of directors or as a school board commissioner.

The disqualification period is five years from the date on which the judgment of guilty becomes res judicata.
1986, c. 46, s. 11; 1988, c. 84, s. 549; 1990, c. 4, s. 131; 2010, c. 23, s. 10; 2020, c. 1, s. 174.

208.2. Where a judgment of guilty become res judicata has been rendered against a person in the employ
of a school body who has been convicted of contravening section 78.1 or 78.2, the Director of Criminal and Penal
Prosecutions shall notify the school body in writing.

On receiving the notice, the school body shall suspend that person without pay for six months.
1986, c. 46, s. 11; 1990, c. 4, s. 132; 2005, c. 34, s. 85; 2010, c. 23, s. 10.

208.3. Whoever does or omits to do something in order to assist a person to commit an offence under this
Act or the regulations, or advises, encourages or incites a person to commit such an offence, is also guilty of the
offence.
2010, c. 23, s. 11.

208.4. In any penal proceedings relating to an offence under this Act or the regulations, proof that the
offence was committed by an agent, mandatary or employee of any party is sufficient to establish that it was
committed by that party, unless the party establishes that it exercised due diligence and took all the necessary
precautions to ensure compliance with this Act and the regulations.

2010, c. 23, s. 11.

208.5. Penal proceedings for an offence under this Act or the regulations are prescribed two years from
the date on which the offence was committed.

Despite the first paragraph, penal proceedings for an offence under section 78.1 or 78.2 are prescribed one year
from the date on which the prosecutor became aware that the offence had been committed. However, no
proceedings may be instituted if more than five years have elapsed from the date the offence was committed.

2010, c. 23, s. 11.

TITLE VI
TRANSITIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

209. Section 11 shall come into force on 3 January 1979 and shall not affect cases pending on that date.

Section 13 shall come into force on 3 January 1980 and shall not affect cases pending on that date. Section

34, 58 and 208 shall come into force on 3 July 1978, subject to section 211.
1977, c. 5, s. 209.

210. Owners of bill-boards or illuminated signs erected before 31 July 1974 must comply with section 58 from
its coming into force.
1977, c. 5, s. 210.

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