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41 (1) Any person who makes or causes to be made a wilful falsification in a matter relating to a register or directory or issues a false licence, certificate of accreditation or document with respect to the issuance of a licence or certificate of accreditation is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000. Offences for false representation (2) Every person who wilfully procures or attempts to procure the issuance of a licence or a certificate of accreditation under this Act by knowingly making a false representation or declaration or by making a fraudulent representation or declaration, either orally or in writing, is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000. Limitation period (3) Proceedings to obtain a conviction for an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall not be commenced after the expiration of one year after the date on which the offence was, or is alleged to have been, committed.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3, s. 41.
42 Where licensing or acting under and in accordance with a certificate of accreditation under this Act is required to permit the lawful doing of an act or thing, if in any prosecution it is proven that the defendant has done the act or thing, the burden of proving that he or she was so licensed or that he or she acted under and in accordance with a certificate of accreditation under this Act rests upon the defendant.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3, s. 42.
43 (1) A notice or document under this Act, the regulations or the by-laws is sufficiently given, served or delivered if delivered personally or by mail.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3, s. 43 (1); 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 17 (24). Idem (2) Where a notice or document under this Act, the regulations or the by-laws is sent to a person by mail addressed to the person at the last address of the person in the records of the College, there is a rebuttable presumption that the notice or document is delivered to the person on the fifth day after the day of mailing.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3, s. 43 (2); 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 17 (24). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 17 (24) - 22/06/2006
44 Any statement containing information from the records required to be kept by the Registrar under this Act and purporting to be certified by the Registrar under the seal of the College is admissible in evidence in all courts and tribunals as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts stated therein without proof of the appointment or signature of the Registrar and without proof of the seal.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3, s. 44.
45 (1) No action or other proceeding for damages shall be instituted against the College, the Council, a committee of the College or a member of the Council or a committee of the College, or an officer, employee, agent or appointee of the College for any act done in good faith in the performance or intended performance of a duty or in the exercise or the intended exercise of a power under this Act, a regulation or a by-law, or for any neglect or default in the performance or exercise in good faith of such duty or power.  1998, c. 18, Sched. G, s. 73 (18). Councillor indemnified in suits respecting duties of office (2) Every member of the Council or a committee of the College and every officer and employee of the College, and their heirs, executors and administrators, and estate and effects, respectively, shall from time to time and at all times, be indemnified and saved harmless out of the funds of the College, from and against, (a)  all costs, charges and expenses whatsoever that he or she sustains or incurs in or about any action or proceeding brought or commenced against him or her in respect of any act, deed, matter or thing whatsoever, made, done or permitted by him or her, in or about the execution of the duties of his or her office; and (b)  all other costs, charges and expenses that he or she sustains or incurs in or about or in relation to the affairs thereof, except such costs, charges or expenses as are occasioned by his or her own wilful neglect or default.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3, s. 45 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 18, Sched. G,  s. 73 (18) - 01/02/1999 46 Repealed:  2002, c. 24, Sched. B, s. 25. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, s. 25 - 01/01/2004 Application of Acts Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 47 (1) The
Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 does not apply in respect of the College except as may be prescribed by a Minister’s regulation made under subsection 6 (2).  2010, c. 15, s. 247 (2). Interpretation (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a member of the Council shall be deemed to be a director.  2010, c. 15, s. 247 (2). Corporate information (3) The Corporations Information Act does not apply in respect of the College.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3, s. 47 (3). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 17 (25) - 22/06/2006 2010, c. 15, s. 247 (2) - 19/10/2021
48 Any reference in any Act or regulation to a veterinarian as a member of the Ontario Veterinary Association under the Veterinarians Act being chapter 522 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980, shall be deemed to be a reference to a member of the College under this Act.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3, s. 48. ______________  Français