Bill C-68
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| TABLE OF PROVISIONS
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| AN ACT RESPECTING FIREARMS AND OTHER
WEAPONS
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SHORT TITLE |
| 1. Short title
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INTERPRETATION |
| 2. Definitions
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HER MAJESTY |
| 3. Binding on Her Majesty
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PURPOSE |
| 4. Purpose
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AUTHORIZED POSSESSION |
Eligibility to Hold Licences |
| General Rules
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| 5. Public safety
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| 6. Court orders
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| 7. Successful completion of safety
course
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| Special Cases - Persons
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| 8. Minors
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| 9. Businesses
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| 10. International and interprovincial
carriers
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| Special Cases - Prohibited Firearms, Weapons, Devices
and Ammunition
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| 11. Prohibited firearms, weapons,
devices and ammunition - businesses
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| 12. Prohibited firearms -
individuals
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Registration Certificates |
| 13. Registration certificate
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| 14. Serial number
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| 15. Exempted firearms
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| 16. Only one person per registration
certificate
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AUTHORIZED TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS |
| 17. Places where prohibited and
restricted firearms may be possessed
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| 18. Transporting and using prohibited
firearms
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| 19. Transporting and using restricted
firearms
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| 20. Carrying restricted firearms and
pre-February 14, 1995 handguns
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AUTHORIZED TRANSFERS AND LENDING |
General Provisions |
| 21. Definition of ``transfer''
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| 22. Mental disorder, etc.
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Authorized Transfers |
| 23. Authorization to transfer firearms
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| 24. Authorization to transfer
prohibited weapons, devices and ammunition
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| 25. Authorization to transfer
ammunition to individuals
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| 26. Authorization to transfer firearms
to the Crown and to the police
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| 27. Chief firearms officer
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| 28. Permitted purposes
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| 29. Shooting clubs and shooting
ranges
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| 30. Gun collectors
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| 31. Registrar
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| 32. Mail-order transfers of firearms
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Authorized Lending |
| 33. Authorization to lend
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| 34. Authorization to lend firearms,
etc., to the Crown and to the police
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AUTHORIZED EXPORTATION AND IMPORTATION |
Individuals |
| 35. Authorization for non-residents
who do not hold a licence to import firearms that are not
prohibited firearms
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| 36. Temporary licence and
registration certificate
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| 37. Authorization for non-residents
who do not hold a licence to export firearms that are not
prohibited firearms
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| 38. Authorization for individuals who
hold a licence to export firearms
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| 39. Authorization for individuals to
export replica firearms
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| 40. Authorization for individuals who
hold a licence to import firearms
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| 41. Temporary registration
certificate
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| 42. Notification of Registrar
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Businesses |
| 43. Authorization for businesses to
import or export
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| 44. Authorization to export
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| 45. Authorization to be produced
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| 46. Authorization to import
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| 47. Authorization to be produced
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| 48. Temporary registration
certificate
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| 49. Separate authorization
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| 50. Notification of Registrar
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| 51. Notification of Minister
responsible for the Export and Import Permits Act
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| 52. Only at designated customs
offices
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| 53. No in-transit shipments of
prohibited firearms, weapons, devices and ammunition
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LICENCES, REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES AND AUTHORIZATIONS |
Applications |
| 54. Applications
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| 55. Further information
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Issuance |
| 56. Licences
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| 57. Authorizations to carry or
transport
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| 58. Conditions
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| 59. Different registered owner
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| 60. Registration certificates and
authorizations to export or import
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| 61. Form
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| 62. Not transferable
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| 63. Geographical extent
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Term |
| 64. Term of licences
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| 65. Term of authorizations
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| 66. Term of registration certificates
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| 67. Renewal
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Refusal to Issue and Revocation |
| 68. Licences and authorizations
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| 69. Registration certificates
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| 70. Revocation of licence or
authorization
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| 71. Revocation of registration
certificate
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| 72. Notice of refusal to issue or
revocation
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International and Interprovincial Carriers |
| 73. Application
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References to Provincial Court Judge |
| 74. Reference to judge of refusal to
issue or revocation, etc.
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| 75. Hearing of reference
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| 76. Decision by provincial court
judge
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Appeals to Superior Court and Court of Appeal |
| 77. Appeal to superior court
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| 78. Notice of appeal
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| 79. Disposition of appeal
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| 80. Appeal to court of appeal
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| 81. Application of Part XXVII of the
Criminal Code
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CANADIAN FIREARMS REGISTRATION SYSTEM |
Registrar of Firearms |
| 82. Appointment of Registrar of
Firearms
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Records of the Registrar |
| 83. Canadian Firearms Registry
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| 84. Destruction of records
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| 85. Other records of Registrar
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| 86. Records to be transferred
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Records of Chief Firearms Officers |
| 87. Records of chief firearms officers
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| 88. Reporting of loss, finding, theft
and destruction of firearms
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Reporting of Prohibition Orders |
| 89. Reporting of prohibition orders
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Access to Records |
| 90. Right of access
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Electronic Filing |
| 91. Electronic filing
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| 92. Records of Registrar
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Reports |
| 93. Report to Solicitor General
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| 94. Information to be submitted to
Registrar
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GENERAL |
Agreements with Provinces |
| 95. Agreements with provinces
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Other Matters |
| 96. Other obligations not affected
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| 97. Exemptions
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DELEGATION |
| 98. Authorized chief firearms officer
may perform functions of provincial minister
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| 99. Designated officers may perform
functions of chief firearms officers
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| 100. Designated officers may perform
functions of Registrar
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INSPECTION |
| 101. Definition of ``inspector''
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| 102. Inspection
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| 103. Duty to assist inspectors
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| 104. Inspection of dwelling-house
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| 105. Demand to produce firearm
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OFFENCES |
| 106. False statements to procure
licences, etc.
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| 107. Tampering with licences, etc.
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| 108. Unauthorized possession of
ammunition
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| 109. Punishment
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| 110. Contravention of conditions of
licences, etc.
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| 111. Punishment
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| 112. Failure to register certain firearms
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| 113. Non-compliance with demand to
produce firearm
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| 114. Failure to deliver up revoked
licence, etc.
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| 115. Punishment
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| 116. Attorney General of Canada may
act
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REGULATIONS |
| 117. Regulations
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| 118. Laying of proposed regulations
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| 119. Exception
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TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS |
Licences |
| 120. Firearms acquisition certificates
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| 121. Minors' permits
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| 122. Museum approvals
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| 123. Permits to carry on business
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| 124. Geographical extent
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| 125. Industrial purpose designations
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| 126. Pending applications
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Registration Certificates |
| 127. Registration certificates
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| 128. Pending applications
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Authorized Transportation of Firearms |
| 129. Permit to carry
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| 130. Temporary permit to carry
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| 131. Permit to transport or convey
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| 132. Expiration
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| 133. Pending applications
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| 134. Shooting club approvals
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| 135. Temporary storage permit
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CONDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THIS ACT |
| 136. Conditional amendment re Bill
C-7
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| 137. Conditional amendments re Bill
C-41
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AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE |
| 138. 1991, c. 40, s. 1
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| 139. Amendments to Part III of the
Criminal Code
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PART III |
FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS |
Interpretation |
| 84. Definitions
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Use Offences |
| 85. Using firearm in commission of
offence
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| 86. Careless use of firearm, etc.
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| 87. Pointing a firearm
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Possession Offences |
| 88. Possession of weapon for
dangerous purpose
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| 89. Carrying weapon while attending
public meeting
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| 90. Carrying concealed weapon
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| 91. Unauthorized possession of
firearm
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| 92. Possession of firearm knowing its
possession is unauthorized
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| 93. Possession at unauthorized place
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| 94. Unauthorized possession in motor
vehicle
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| 95. Possession of prohibited or
restricted firearm with ammunition
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| 96. Possession of weapon obtained by
commission of offence
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| 97. Sale of cross-bow to person
without licence
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| 98. Transitional - licences
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Trafficking Offences |
| 99. Weapons trafficking
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| 100. Possession for purpose of
weapons trafficking
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| 101. Transfer without authority
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Assembling Offence |
| 102. Making automatic firearm
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Export and Import Offences |
| 103. Importing or exporting knowing it
is unauthorized
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| 104. Unauthorized importing or
exporting
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Offences relating to Lost, Destroyed or Defaced Weapons, etc. |
| 105. Losing or finding
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| 106. Destroying
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| 107. False statements
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| 108. Tampering with serial number
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Prohibition Orders |
| 109. Mandatory prohibition order
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| 110. Discretionary prohibition order
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| 111. Application for prohibition order
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| 112. Revocation of prohibition order
under s. 111(5)
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| 113. Lifting of prohibition order for
sustenance or employment
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| 114. Requirement to surrender
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| 115. Forfeiture
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| 116. Authorizations revoked or
amended
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| 117. Return to owner
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| 117.01 Possession contrary to order
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Limitations on Access |
| 117.011 Application for order
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| 117.012 Revocation of order under s.
117.011
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Search and Seizure |
| 117.02 Search and seizure without
warrant where offence committed
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| 117.03 Seizure on failure to produce
authorization
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| 117.04 Application for warrant to search
and seize
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| 117.05 Application for disposition
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| 117.06 Where no finding or application
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Exempted Persons |
| 117.07 Public officers
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| 117.08 Individuals acting for police
force, Canadian Forces and visiting forces
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| 117.09 Employees of person with licence
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| 117.1 Restriction
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General |
| 117.11 Onus on the accused
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| 117.12 Authorizations, etc., as evidence
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| 117.13 Certificate of analyst
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| 117.14 Amnesty period
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| 117.15 Regulations
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RELATED AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE |
| 140 to 157. Consequential amendments to the
Criminal Code
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RELATED AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS |
| 158. An Act to amend the Criminal
Code (Offensive Weapons)
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| 159. Criminal Law Amendment Act,
1968-69
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| 160 and 161. Criminal Law Amendment Act,
1977
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| 162 to 164. An Act to amend the Criminal
Code and the Customs Tariff in consequence thereof
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| 165. Corrections and Conditional
Release Act
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| 166 and 167. Criminal Records Act
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| 168. Customs Act
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| 169. Customs Tariff
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| 170. Explosives Act
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| 171 to 173. Export and Import Permits Act
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| 174. Interpretation Act
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| 175 and 176. National Defence Act
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| 177 to 187. Young Offenders Act
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CONDITIONAL AMENDMENTS |
| 188. Bill C-7
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| 189. Bill C-37
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| 190. Bill C-41
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| 191. Bill C-45
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| 192. Nunavut Act
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COMING INTO FORCE |
| 193. Coming into force
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