14 (1) Every person who contravenes any of the following provisions is guilty of an offence: 1.  Subsection 5 (1), (2), (3) or (4). 2.  Subsection 5 (7). 3.  Subsection 6 (1) or (2). 4.  Subsection 8 (3) or (4). 5.  Subsection 9 (2). 6.  Section 12. Consent under duress, false pretences (2) Any person who uses duress or false pretences in the prescribed circumstances or for the prescribed reasons to obtain the consent of the owner or occupier of a farm, animal processing facility or prescribed premises or the driver of a motor vehicle transporting farm animals, to do anything that would otherwise be prohibited under subsection 5 (1), (2), (3) or (4) or 6 (2) is guilty of an offence. Onus of proof (3) In the prosecution of an offence under subsection 5 (1), (2), (3) or (4) or 6 (2), (a)  the consent of the owner or occupier of the farm, animal processing facility or prescribed premises or the consent of the driver of the motor vehicle transporting a farm animal, as the case may be, is presumed not to have been given; and (b)  the onus is on the person charged with the offence to prove on the balance of probabilities that he or she obtained the consent of the owner or occupier or the consent of the driver, as the case may be, before engaging in the conduct that he or she is accused of doing without consent. Same, sign (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), consent is sufficiently proven if the defendant establishes on the balance of probabilities that, (a)  a sign was posted at or near the animal protection zone on the farm, animal processing facility or prescribed premises authorizing persons to enter in or on the animal protection zone or authorizing the interference or interaction with farm animals or the carrying out of the prescribed activity in or on the animal protection zone; and (b)  the defendant reasonably believed that the sign authorized the defendant to enter the animal protection zone on the farm, animal processing facility or prescribed premises or to interfere or interact with the farm animal or to carry out the prescribed activity in or on the animal protection zone. Colour of right as defence (5) It is a defence to a charge of contravening subsection 5 (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) that the person charged reasonably believed that he or she had title to or other legal interest in an animal protection zone on the farm, animal processing facility or prescribed premises that entitled him or her to enter the animal protection zone or to do anything that is prohibited under subsection 5 (4) or (7). Same, s. 6 (2) (6) It is a defence to a charge of contravening subsection 6 (2) that the person charged reasonably believed that he or she had title to or other legal interest in the farm animal that entitled him or her to interfere or interact with the farm animal. Use of motor vehicle (7) If a motor vehicle is used to commit an offence under paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection (1), the driver of the motor vehicle is guilty of an offence under this Act. Motor vehicle owner and driver liable (8) If the driver of a motor vehicle that is used to commit an offence under paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection (1) is not the owner of the motor vehicle, then, upon the driver being found guilty of the offence, both the driver and the owner of the motor vehicle shall be held jointly and severally liable to pay the fine payable for the offence under section 15 unless, at the time the offence was committed, the motor vehicle was in the driver’s possession without the consent of the owner. Notice to motor vehicle owner (9) Despite subsection (8), the owner of a motor vehicle shall not be held jointly and severally liable to pay a fine under that subsection unless notice that the motor vehicle was used to commit the offence in question is provided to the owner by a police officer promptly after the driver of the motor vehicle is charged with the offence.