Access to Information Act

Marginal note:Obstructing right of access

• 67.1 (1) No person shall, with intent to deny a right of access under this Act,

  • (a) destroy, mutilate or alter a record;

  • (b) falsify a record or make a false record;

  • (c) conceal a record; or

  • (d) direct, propose, counsel or cause any person in any manner to do anything mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (c).

• Marginal note:Offence and punishment

  (2) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of

  • (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding $10,000, or to both; or

  • (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding $5,000, or to both.