本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Toronto – (June 10, 2005) – Mohammad Hafeez, of Toronto, was jailed today for 30
days and ordered to pay costs to Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) of $19,863.81,
after he was found in contempt of a previous Order of the Ontario Superior Court of
Justice for violating the Professional Engineers Act. The previous Order was made by
the Honourable Justice Trafford on November 7, 1995.
Mr. Hafeez is not, and has never been, licensed as a professional engineer in the
Province of Ontario.
The Honourable Madam Justice Sachs handed down the sentence in the Ontario
Superior Court of Justice at 361 University Avenue, in Toronto. Madame Justice Sachs
reviewed affidavit evidence on behalf of the application by PEO’s lawyers McCarthy
Tétrault, and heard evidence from Mr. Hafeez in person. She also heard submissions
from Mark Polley of the law firm of McCarthy Tétrault on behalf of PEO and A.S. Leighl
on behalf of Mr. Hafeez.
The application was brought after an investigation by PEO revealed that in the spring
of 2000, Mr. Hafeez had described himself as a “structural engineer” and an “engineer”
to clients and another person while working on a construction project in the City of
Toronto. Under the terms of the 1995 Order, Mr. Hafeez was ordered to: refrain from
using the title “professional engineer” or an abbreviation or variation thereof as an
occupational or business designation; refrain from using a term, title or description that
will lead to the belief that he may engage in the business of professional engineering;
and surrender to the PEO any business cards, site signs, seals or title blocks in his
possession containing the words “professional engineer”, “engineer”, “engineering”, or
any abbreviation thereof.
The Court also heard that Mr. Hafeez had previously been convicted on four separate
occasions of misrepresenting himself as “an engineer” while working on various
projects in the Greater Toronto Area between April 1993 and June 1998. Fines were
levied in the combined total of $85,000.
PEO licenses Ontario’s 67,000 professional engineers and permits over 4,200 firms
and individuals to offer engineering services to the public under Certificates of
Authorization. Under the Professional Engineers Act, a valid Certificate of
Authoriz ation is required before any individual or business can provide professional
engineering services to the public.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net