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Originally Posted by troutman
The penalty for scalping:
General penalty
26 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a person who contravenes this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not more than $200 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.
RSA 1980 cA-41 s22
The Crown is probably reluctant to prosecute, because the penalty is so small.
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and when the playoffs (& other big events) roll around, that would just be a small cost of business...does that line at the end mean that clause was written in 1980? Might need a bit of an update imo.