Employment of unregistered professional engineer prohibited
17.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not employ as a professional engineer any person who is not a registered professional engineer.
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(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and, in the case of second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $5,000.