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Part 2Emergencies, fire control, industry brigades, water supply, and evacuation schemes
Operational functions, duties, and powers: Prohibitions and restrictions for fire control

53Fire in open air prohibited

  1. A person who has notice that the lighting of fires in open air in an area is prohibited under section 52 must not, while the prohibition is in effect, light or allow another person to light a fire in open air in that area.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who lights or allows another person to light a fire in accordance with—

  3. a permit granted under regulations made under section 190; and
    1. any conditions of the permit.

      1. A person has notice that the lighting of fires in open air in an area is prohibited if the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the lighting of fires in open air in that area is prohibited.

      2. A person commits an offence if the person knowingly or recklessly contravenes subsection (1).

      3. A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction,—

      4. in the case of an individual, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or to a fine not exceeding $300,000, or both:
        1. in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $600,000.