Administrative Monetary Penalty System
C025

Contravention

Person reporting goods under section 12 of the Customs Act inside or outside Canada failed to answer truthfully any question asked by an officer with respect to the goods.

Penalty

Occurrence Penalty
1st $2,000
2nd $4,000
3rd and subsequent $8,000
Penalty basis
Per occurence
Retention period
12 months

Guidelines

Non-compliance occurs when a person reporting commercial goods fails to answer truthfully any question asked with regards to the goods. The goods have been reported to the CBSA, but an untrue statement is made with respect to the goods.

Applied against the person reporting the goods.

This penalty applies to commercial goods only.

Person makes a verbal statement that is false in material fact in order to avoid compliance with the Act.

If no goods are reported and goods are subsequently found during an exam, contravention C021 should apply.

For written administrative type errors, see C005.

For written false statements, see C348.

References

Legislation

Customs Act, subsection 13(a)

D-Memo

N/A

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