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What counsel for the Minister argues, however, in amplification of his contentions already noted, is that when the Minister is faced with a factual situation which would justify a penalty either under s. 56(1) or under s. 56(2) he is obliged by reason of s. 56(3) to act under s. 56(2) in imposing a penalty, with the result that none can be imposed under s. 56(1). It is in this sense that his submission must be taken that the penalties under s. 56 are mutually exclusive; and, it depends, of course, on accepting as valid the contention that the same conduct may be caught by s. 56(1) and by s. 56(2), not in the segmented sense already commented upon, but in the fuller sense that the Minister may choose to treat the conduct, although cognizable under s. 56(1), as coming under s. 56(2) which imposes a lesser maximum penalty.
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