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7. The permits granted under the last preceding section shall continue in 

 force until the end of the calender year in which they are issued, and may be 

 renewed at the option of the chief game warden for the time being under The 

 Ontario Game Protection Act. 



8 (1) The violation of any provision of this Act shall subject the offender 

 to the payment of not less than one dollar and not more than twenty dollars 

 with costs, on summary conviction, on information or complaint before one or 

 more justices of the peace. 



(2) The whole of the fine shall be paid to the prosecutor unless the convict- 

 ing justice has reason to believe that the prosecution is in collusion with and for 

 the purpose of benefitting the accused, in which case the said justice may order 

 the disposal of the fine as in ordinary cases. 



(3) In default of payment of the fine and costs, the offender shall be 

 imprisoned in the nearest common gaol for a period of not less than two and not 

 more than twenty days, at the discretion of the justice. 



y. JNo conviction under this Act shall be quashed for any defect in the 

 form thereof, or for any omission or informality in any summons or other pro- 

 ceedings under this Act so long as no substantial injustice results therefrom. 



