diff --git "a/task6_model_deployment/assets/C-21_4.txt" "b/task6_model_deployment/assets/C-21_4.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/task6_model_deployment/assets/C-21_4.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,3539 @@ +Page 1 +First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, +70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 +STATUTES OF CANADA 2023 +CHAPTER 32 +An Act to amend certain Acts and to make +certain consequential amendments +(firearms) +ASSENTED TO +DECEMBER 15, 2023 +BILL C-21 + +Page 2 +SUMMARY +This enactment amends the Criminal Code to, among other +things, +(a) increase, from 10 to 14 years, the maximum penalty of +imprisonment for indictable weapons offences in sections 95, +96, 99, 100 and 103; +(b) establish a regime that would permit any person to apply +for an emergency prohibition order or an emergency limita- +tions on access order and allow the judge to protect the secu- +rity of the person or of anyone known to them; +(c) deem certain firearms to be prohibited devices for the +purpose of specified provisions; +(d) create new offences for possessing and making available +certain types of computer data that pertain to firearms and +prohibited devices and for altering a cartridge magazine to +exceed its lawful capacity; +(e) include, for interception of private communications pur- +poses, sections 92 and 95 in the definition of “offence” in sec- +tion 183; +(f) authorize employees of certain federal entities who are re- +sponsible for security to be considered as public officers for +the purpose of section 117.07; and +(g) include certain firearm parts to offences regarding +firearms. +The enactment also amends the Firearms Act to, among other +things, +(a) prevent individuals who are subject to a protection order +or who have been convicted of certain offences relating to +domestic violence from being eligible to hold a firearms li- +cence; +(b) transfer authority to the Commissioner of Firearms to ap- +prove, refuse, renew and revoke authorizations to carry re- +ferred to in paragraph 20(a) of the Act; +(c) limit the transfer of handguns only to businesses and ex- +empted individuals and the transfer of cartridge magazines +and firearm parts; +(d) impose requirements in respect of the importation of am- +munition, cartridge magazines and firearm parts; +(e) prevent certain individuals from being authorized to +transport handguns from a port of entry; +(f) require a chief firearms officer to suspend a licence if they +have reasonable grounds to suspect that the licence holder is +no longer eligible for it; +(g) require the delivery of firearms to a peace officer, or their +lawful disposal, if a refusal to issue, or revocation of, a li- +cence has been referred to a provincial court under section 74 +of the Act in respect of those firearms; +Available on the House of Commons website at the following address: +www.ourcommons.ca +2021-2022-2023 + +Page 3 +(h) revoke an individual’s licence if there is reasonable +grounds to suspect that they engaged in an act of domestic +violence or stalking or if they become subject to a protection +order; +(i) authorize the issuance, in certain circumstances, of a con- +ditional licence for the purposes of sustenance; +(j) authorize, in certain circumstances, the Commissioner of +Firearms, the Registrar of Firearms or a chief firearms officer +to disclose certain information to a law enforcement agency +for the purpose of an investigation or prosecution related to +the trafficking of firearms; +(k) provide that the annual report to the Minister of Public +Safety and Emergency Preparedness regarding the adminis- +tration of the Act must include information on disclosures +made to law enforcement agencies and be submitted no later +than May 31 of each year; and +(l) create an offence for a business to advertise a firearm in a +manner that depicts, counsels or promotes violence against a +person, with a few exceptions. +The enactment also amends the Nuclear Safety and Control Act +to, among other things, +(a) provide nuclear security officers and on-site nuclear re- +sponse force members with the authority to carry out the du- +ties of peace officers at high-security nuclear sites; and +(b) permit licensees who operate high-security nuclear sites +to acquire, possess, transfer and dispose of firearms, prohib- +ited weapons and prohibited devices used in the course of +maintaining security at high-security nuclear sites. +The enactment also amends the Immigration and Refugee Pro- +tection Act to +(a) designate the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency +Preparedness as the Minister responsible for the establish- +ment of policies respecting inadmissibility on grounds of +transborder criminality for the commission of an offence on +entering Canada; +(b) specify that the commission, on entering Canada, of cer- +tain offences under an Act of Parliament that are set out in +the regulations is a ground of inadmissibility for a foreign na- +tional; and +(c) correct certain provisions in order to resolve a discrepan- +cy and clarify the rule set out in those provisions. +Finally, the enactment also amends An Act to amend certain +Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms so that certain sec- +tions of that Act come into force on the day on which this enact- +ment receives royal assent. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +SUMMARY + +Page 4 + +Page 5 +TABLE OF PROVISIONS +An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain +consequential amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +0.1 +Transitional Provision +Unlawfully manufactured firearms +14.1 +Review and Report +Review by House of Commons committee +14.2 +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +15 +Transitional Provisions +Protection orders +46 +Registration certificates — handguns +47 +Pending reference +48 +Nuclear Safety and Control Act +49 +Immigration and Refugee Protection +Act +52 +An Act to amend certain Acts and +Regulations in relation to firearms +64 +Consequential Amendments +An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation +to firearms +65 +Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations +67 +2021-2022-2023 + +Page 6 +Coordinating Amendments +Bill S-4 +70 +Bill C-5 +71 +2019, c. 9 +72 +Related Provision +Rights of Indigenous peoples +72.1 +Coming into Force +Order in council +73 +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +TABLE OF PROVISIONS + +Page 7 +70-71 ELIZABETH II – 1-2 CHARLES III +CHAPTER 32 +An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain +consequential amendments (firearms) +[Assented to 15th December, 2023] +His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of +the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, +enacts as follows: +R.S., c. C-46 +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +0.1 (1) Section 2.1 of the Criminal Code is re- +placed by the following: +Further definitions — firearms +2.1 In this Act, ammunition, antique firearm, auto- +matic +firearm, +cartridge +magazine, +cross-bow, +firearm part, handgun, imitation firearm, prohibited +ammunition, prohibited device, prohibited firearm, +prohibited weapon, replica firearm, restricted firearm +and restricted weapon, as well as authorization, li- +cence and registration certificate when used in relation +to those words and expressions, have the same meaning +as in subsection 84(1). +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +0.2 (1) Subsection 83.3(10) of the Act is replaced +by the following: +Conditions — firearms +(10) Before making an order under paragraph (8)(a), the +judge shall consider whether it is desirable, in the inter- +ests of the safety of the person or of any other person, to +include as a condition of the recognizance that the person +be prohibited from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, +prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, +firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or ex- +plosive substance, or all of those things, for any period +2021-2022-2023 + +Page 8 +specified in the recognizance, and if the judge decides +that it is so desirable, they shall add the condition to the +recognizance. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +1 (1) The definition prohibited firearm in subsec- +tion 84(1) of the Act is amended by striking out +“or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or” +at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the fol- +lowing after paragraph (d): +(e) any unlawfully manufactured firearm regardless of +the means or method of manufacture; (arme à feu +prohibée) +(2) The definition prohibited firearm in subsection +84(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at +the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or” at the +end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following +after paragraph (d): +(e) a firearm that is not a handgun and that +(i) discharges centre-fire ammunition in a semi-au- +tomatic manner, +(ii) was originally designed with a detachable car- +tridge magazine with a capacity of six cartridges or +more, and +(iii) is designed and manufactured on or after the +day on which this paragraph comes into force; +(arme à feu prohibée) +(3) The definition prohibition order in subsection +84(1) of the Act is replaced by the following: +prohibition order means an order made under this Act +or any other Act of Parliament prohibiting a person from +possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, +restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, am- +munition, prohibited ammunition or explosive sub- +stance, or all such things; (ordonnance d’interdiction) +(4) The definition replica firearm in subsection +84(1) of the Act is replaced by the following: +replica firearm means any device that is designed or in- +tended to exactly resemble, or to resemble with near pre- +cision, a firearm that is designed or adapted to discharge +a shot, bullet or other projectile at a muzzle velocity ex- +ceeding 152.4 m per second and at a muzzle energy +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 0.2-1 + +Page 9 +exceeding 5.7 Joules, and that itself is not a firearm, but +does not include any such device that is designed or in- +tended to exactly resemble, or to resemble with near pre- +cision, an antique firearm; (réplique) +(5) Subsection 84(1) of the Act is amended by +adding the following in alphabetical order: +firearm part means a barrel for a firearm, a slide for a +handgun and any other prescribed part, but does not in- +clude, unless otherwise prescribed, a barrel for a firearm +or a slide for a handgun if that barrel or slide is designed +exclusively for use on a firearm that is deemed under +subsection 84(3) not to be a firearm; (pièce d’arme à +feu) +(6) Subsection 84(1) of the Act is amended by +adding the following in alphabetical order: +semi-automatic, in respect of a firearm, means that the +firearm that is equipped with a mechanism that, follow- +ing the discharge of a cartridge, automatically operates to +complete any part of the reloading cycle necessary to pre- +pare for the discharge of the next cartridge; (semi-auto- +matique) +(7) Subsection (1) comes into force on the 30th +day after the day on which this Act receives royal +assent. +(8) Subsections (3) and (5) come into force on a +day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor +in Council. +1.1 (1) The portion of subsection 99(1) of the Act +after paragraph (b) is replaced by the following: +a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restrict- +ed firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a +prohibited device, a firearm part, any ammunition or any +prohibited ammunition knowing that the person is not +authorized to do so under the Firearms Act or any other +Act of Parliament or any regulations made under any Act +of Parliament. +(2) The portion of subsection 99(2) of the Act be- +fore paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 1-1.1 + +Page 10 +Punishment — firearm +(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsec- +tion (1) when the object in question is a prohibited +firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restricted firearm, a +prohibited device, a firearm part, any ammunition or any +prohibited ammunition is guilty of an indictable offence +and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 +years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment +for a term of +(3) Subsections (1) and (2) come into force on a +day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Coun- +cil. +1.2 (1) The portion of subsection 100(1) of the Act +before paragraph (a) is replaced by the follow- +ing: +Possession for purpose of weapons trafficking +100 (1) Every person commits an offence who possesses +a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restrict- +ed firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a +prohibited device, a firearm part, any ammunition or any +prohibited ammunition for the purpose of +(2) The portion of subsection 100(2) of the Act be- +fore paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: +Punishment — firearm +(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsec- +tion (1) when the object in question is a prohibited +firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restricted firearm, a +prohibited device, a firearm part, any ammunition or any +prohibited ammunition is guilty of an indictable offence +and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 +years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment +for a term of +(3) Subsections (1) and (2) come into force on a +day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Coun- +cil. +1.3 (1) Subsection 101(1) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +Transfer without authority +101 (1) Every person commits an offence who transfers +a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restrict- +ed firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a +prohibited device, a firearm part, any ammunition or any +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 1.1-1.3 + +Page 11 +prohibited ammunition to any person otherwise than un- +der the authority of the Firearms Act or any other Act of +Parliament or any regulations made under an Act of Par- +liament. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +1.4 (1) The Act is amended by adding the follow- +ing after section 102: +Computer Data Offence +Possession of computer data +102.1 (1) Every person commits an offence who pos- +sesses or accesses computer data that pertain to a firearm +— other than a firearm that is deemed under subsection +84(3) not to be a firearm — or a prohibited device and +that are capable of being used with a 3D printer, metal +milling machine or similar computer system for the pur- +pose of manufacturing or trafficking a firearm or prohib- +ited device derived from that computer data otherwise +than under the authority of the Firearms Act or any oth- +er Act of Parliament or any regulations made under an +Act of Parliament. +Distribution of computer data +(2) Every person commits an offence who distributes, +publishes or makes available computer data that pertain +to a firearm — other than a firearm that is deemed under +subsection 84(3) not to be a firearm — or a prohibited de- +vice and that are capable of being used with a 3D printer, +metal milling machine or similar computer system know- +ing that the computer data are intended to be used for +the purpose of manufacturing or trafficking a firearm or +prohibited device derived from that computer data other- +wise than under the authority of the Firearms Act or any +other Act of Parliament or any regulations made under +an Act of Parliament. +Punishment +(3) Every person who commits an offence under subsec- +tion (1) or (2) +(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to im- +prisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years; or +(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary +conviction. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 1.3-1.4 + +Page 12 +Definitions of computer data and computer system +(4) In this section, computer data and computer sys- +tem have the same meaning as in subsection 342.1(2). +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on the 30th +day after the day on which this Act receives royal +assent. +1.5 (1) Paragraphs 103(1)(a) and (b) of the Act +are replaced by the following: +(a) a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non- +restricted firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted +weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm part or any +prohibited ammunition, or +(b) any component or part, other than a firearm part, +designed exclusively for use in the manufacture of or +assembly into an automatic firearm, +(2) The portion of subsection 103(2) of the Act be- +fore paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: +Punishment — firearm +(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsec- +tion (1) when the object in question is a prohibited +firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restricted firearm, a +prohibited device, a firearm part or any prohibited am- +munition is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to +imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years and to a +minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of +(3) Subsections (1) and (2) come into force on a +day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Coun- +cil. +1.6 (1) Paragraphs 104(1)(a) and (b) of the Act +are replaced by the following: +(a) a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non- +restricted firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted +weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm part or any +prohibited ammunition, or +(b) any component or part, other than a firearm part, +designed exclusively for use in the manufacture of or +assembly into an automatic firearm, +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 1.4-1.6 + +Page 13 +2 The Act is amended by adding the following af- +ter section 104: +Offence Relating to Altering Cartridge +Magazine +Altering cartridge magazine +104.1 (1) Every person commits an offence who, with- +out lawful excuse, alters a cartridge magazine that is not +a prohibited device so that it becomes a prohibited de- +vice. +Punishment +(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsec- +tion (1) +(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to im- +prisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or +(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary +conviction. +3 (1) Paragraph 109(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by +(b) an offence under subsection 85(1) (using firearm +in commission of offence), 85(2) (using imitation +firearm in commission of offence), 95(1) (possession +of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition), +99(1) (weapons trafficking), 100(1) (possession for +purpose of weapons trafficking), 102(1) (making auto- +matic firearm), 103(1) (importing or exporting know- +ing it is unauthorized) or 104.1(1) (altering cartridge +magazine) or section 264 (criminal harassment), +(2) Paragraph 109(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +(b) an offence under subsection 85(1) (using firearm +in commission of offence), 85(2) (using imitation +firearm in commission of offence), 95(1) (possession +of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition), +99(1) (weapons trafficking), 100(1) (possession for +purpose of weapons trafficking), 102(1) (making auto- +matic firearm), 102.1(1) (possession of computer da- +ta), 102.1(2) (distribution of computer data), 103(1) +(importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized) or +104.1(1) (altering cartridge magazine) or section 264 +(criminal harassment), +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 2-3 + +Page 14 +3.1 (1) The portion of subsection 109(1) of the Act +after paragraph (c.1) is replaced by the following: +(d) an offence that involves, or the subject-matter of +which is, a firearm, a cross-bow, a prohibited weapon, +a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm +part, any ammunition, any prohibited ammunition or +an explosive substance and, at the time of the offence, +the person was prohibited by any order made under +this Act or any other Act of Parliament from possess- +ing any such thing, +the court that sentences the person or directs that the +person be discharged, as the case may be, shall, in addi- +tion to any other punishment that may be imposed for +that offence or any other condition prescribed in the or- +der of discharge, make an order prohibiting the person +from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited +weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm +part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition and explosive +substance during the period specified in the order as de- +termined in accordance with subsection (2) or (3), as the +case may be. +(2) The portion of paragraph 109(2)(a) of the Act +before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the fol- +lowing: +(a) any firearm, other than a prohibited firearm or re- +stricted firearm, and any crossbow, restricted weapon, +firearm part, ammunition and explosive substance +during the period that +(3) Subsection 109(3) of the English version of the +Act is replaced by the following: +Duration of prohibition order — subsequent offences +(3) An order made under subsection (1) shall, in any case +other than a case described in subsection (2), prohibit the +person from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, restrict- +ed weapon, firearm part, ammunition and explosive sub- +stance for life. +(4) Subsections (1) to (3) come into force on a day +to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +3.1 + +Page 15 +3.2 (1) The portion of subsection 110(1) of the Act +after paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: +(b) an offence that involves, or the subject-matter of +which is, a firearm, a cross-bow, a prohibited weapon, +a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm +part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or an ex- +plosive substance and, at the time of the offence, the +person was not prohibited by any order made under +this Act or any other Act of Parliament from possess- +ing any such thing, +the court that sentences the person or directs that the +person be discharged, as the case may be, shall, in addi- +tion to any other punishment that may be imposed for +that offence or any other condition prescribed in the or- +der of discharge, consider whether it is desirable, in the +interests of the safety of the person or of any other per- +son, to make an order prohibiting the person from pos- +sessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, re- +stricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, ammu- +nition, prohibited ammunition or explosive substance, or +all such things, and if the court decides that it is so desir- +able, the court shall so order. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +4 (1) The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 110: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 3.1-4 + +Page 16 +Application for emergency prohibition order +110.1 (1) Any person may make an ex parte application +to a provincial court judge for an order prohibiting an- +other person from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, +prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, +ammunition, prohibited ammunition or explosive sub- +stance, or all such things, if the person believes on rea- +sonable grounds that it is not desirable in the interests of +the safety of the person against whom the order is sought +or of any other person that the person against whom the +order is sought should possess any such thing. +Hearing in private +(2) The provincial court judge may hold the hearing of an +application made under subsection (1) in private if the +judge considers that it is necessary to protect the security +of the applicant or of anyone known to the applicant. +Emergency prohibition order +(3) If, at the conclusion of a hearing of an application +made under subsection (1), the provincial court judge is +satisfied that the circumstances referred to in that sub- +section exist and that an order should be made without +delay to ensure the immediate protection of any person, +the judge shall make an order prohibiting the person +against whom the order is sought from possessing any +firearm, +cross-bow, +prohibited +weapon, +restricted +weapon, prohibited device, ammunition, prohibited am- +munition or explosive substance, or all such things, for a +period not exceeding 30 days, as is specified in the order, +beginning on the day on which the order is made. +Service of order +(4) A copy of the order shall be served on the person to +whom the order is addressed in the manner that the +provincial court judge directs or in accordance with the +rules of court. +Warrant to search and seize +(5) If a provincial court judge is satisfied by information +on oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe that +a person who is subject to an order made under subsec- +tion (3) possesses, in a building, receptacle or place, any +thing the possession of which is prohibited by the order +and that it is not desirable in the interests of the safety of +the person, or of any other person, for the person to pos- +sess the thing, the judge may issue a warrant authorizing +a peace officer to search the building, receptacle or place +and seize any such thing, and every authorization, licence +or registration certificate relating to any such thing, that +is held by or in the possession of the person. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +4 + +Page 17 +Search and seizure without warrant +(6) If, in respect of a person who is subject to an order +made under subsection (3), a peace officer is satisfied +that there are reasonable grounds to believe that it is not +desirable, in the interests of the safety of the person, or of +any other person, for the person to possess any thing the +possession of which is prohibited by the order, the peace +officer may — if the grounds for obtaining a warrant un- +der subsection (5) exist but, by reason of a possible dan- +ger to the safety of the person or any other person, it +would not be practicable to obtain a warrant — search for +and seize any such thing, and any authorization, licence +or registration certificate relating to any such thing, that +is held by or in the possession of the person. +Return to provincial court judge or justice +(7) A peace officer who executes a warrant referred to in +subsection (5) or who conducts a search without a war- +rant under subsection (6) shall immediately make a re- +turn to the provincial court judge who issued the warrant +or, if no warrant was issued, to a justice who might other- +wise have issued a warrant, showing +(a) in the case of an execution of a warrant, the things +or documents, if any, seized and the date of execution +of the warrant; and +(b) in the case of a search conducted without a war- +rant, the grounds on which it was concluded that the +peace officer was entitled to conduct the search, and +the things or documents, if any, seized. +Return of things and documents +(8) Any things or documents seized under subsection (5) +or (6) from a person against whom an order has been +made under subsection (3) shall be returned to the per- +son and any things or documents surrendered by the per- +son in accordance with the order shall be returned to the +person +(a) if no date is fixed under subsection 110.4(1) for the +hearing of an application made under subsection +111(1) in respect of the person, as soon as feasible af- +ter the end of the period specified in the order made +against the person under subsection (3); +(b) if a date is fixed for the hearing but no order is +made against the person under subsection 111(5), as +soon as feasible after the final disposition of the appli- +cation; or +(c) despite paragraphs (a) and (b), if the order made +against the person under subsection (3) is revoked, as +soon as feasible after the day on which it is revoked. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +4 + +Page 18 +Application of sections 113, 114 and 116 +(9) Sections 113, 114 and 116 apply in respect of every or- +der made under subsection (3). +Definition of provincial court judge +(10) In this section and sections 110.4, 111, 112, 117.0101, +117.0104, 117.011 and 117.012, provincial court judge +means a provincial court judge having jurisdiction in the +territorial division where the person against whom the +application for an order was brought resides. +Order denying access to information +110.2 (1) If an order is made under subsection 110.1(3), +a provincial court judge may, on application by the per- +son who applied for the order or on the judge’s own mo- +tion, if the judge considers that it is necessary to protect +the security of the person or of anyone known to the per- +son, make an order prohibiting access to, and the disclo- +sure of, any or all of the following: +(a) any information relating to the order made under +that subsection; +(b) any information relating to a warrant issued under +subsection 110.1(5); +(c) any information relating to a search and seizure +conducted without a warrant under subsection +110.1(6); and +(d) any information relating to the order made under +this subsection. +Expiry of order +(2) Unless an order made under subsection (1) is re- +voked earlier, it expires on the day on which the order +made under subsection 110.1(3) expires or is revoked. +Exception +(3) Despite subsection (2), if, before the order made un- +der subsection 110.1(3) expires or is revoked, a date is +fixed under subsection 110.4(1) for the hearing of an ap- +plication made under subsection 111(1), an order made +under subsection (1) ceases to have effect on +(a) the date fixed under subsection 110.4(1); or +(b) if the order made under subsection 110.1(3) is re- +voked before that date, the day on which it is revoked. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +4 + +Page 19 +Procedure +(4) If an order is made under subsection (1), all docu- +ments relating to, as the case may be, the order made un- +der that subsection, the order made under subsection +110.1(3), the warrant issued under subsection 110.1(5) or, +in the case of a search and seizure conducted without a +warrant under subsection 110.1(6), the return made un- +der subsection 110.1(7) shall — subject to any terms and +conditions that the provincial court judge considers de- +sirable in the circumstances, including, without limiting +the generality of the foregoing, any term or condition +concerning partial disclosure of a document, deletion of +any information or the occurrence of a condition — be +immediately placed in a packet and sealed by the judge, +and the packet shall be kept in the custody of the court in +a place to which the public has no access or in any other +place that the judge may authorize and shall not be dealt +with except in accordance with the terms and conditions +specified in the order or as varied under subsection (5). +Revocation or variance of order +(5) An application to revoke an order made under sub- +section (1) or vary any of its terms and conditions may be +made to the provincial court judge who made the order +or to another provincial court judge. +Order to delete identifying information +110.3 (1) If an order is made under subsection 110.1(3) +or 110.2(1), a provincial court judge may, on application +by the person who applied for the order referred to in +subsection 110.1(3) or on the judge’s own motion, if the +judge considers that it is necessary to protect the security +of the person or of anyone known to the person, make an +order, subject to any terms and conditions that the judge +considers desirable in the circumstances, directing that +(a) copies be made of any documents relating to the +order made under subsection 110.1(3) or 110.2(1), as +the case may be, including the order itself; +(b) any information that could identify the person +who applied for the order referred to in subsection +110.1(3) or anyone known to the person be deleted +from those copies; and +(c) the documents relating to the order made under +subsection 110.1(3) or 110.2(1), as the case may be, in- +cluding the order itself, to which the public has access +or that are made available to or required to be served +on any person are to be the edited copies referred to in +paragraph (b). +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +4 + +Page 20 +Duration of order +(2) An order made under subsection (1) may be for any +period — definite or indefinite — that the provincial court +judge considers necessary to protect the security of the +person who applied for the order referred to in subsec- +tion 110.1(3) or of anyone known to the person. +Procedure +(3) If an order is made under subsection (1), the origi- +nals of all documents that are the subject of the order +shall — subject to any terms and conditions that the +provincial court judge considers desirable in the circum- +stances — be immediately placed in a packet and sealed +by the judge, and the packet shall be kept in the custody +of the court in a place to which the public has no access +or in any other place that the judge may authorize and +shall not be dealt with except in accordance with the +terms and conditions specified in the order or as varied +under subsection (4). +Revocation or variance of order +(4) An application to revoke an order made under sub- +section (1) or vary any of its terms and conditions may be +made to the provincial court judge who made the order +or to another provincial court judge. +Clarification +(5) For greater certainty, if a date is fixed under subsec- +tion 110.4(1) for the hearing of an application made un- +der subsection 111(1), any order made under this section +that is still in force applies in respect of that hearing. +Order under subsection 111(5) +110.4 (1) If a provincial court judge makes an order un- +der subsection 110.1(3), the judge may, on the judge’s +own motion, fix a date for the hearing of an application +made under subsection 111(1) and shall direct that notice +of the hearing be given, in the manner that the judge may +specify, to the person against whom an order under sub- +section 111(5) is sought. +Clarification — application for order +(2) For the purpose of this section, +(a) the application for the order referred to in subsec- +tion 110.1(3) is deemed, except for the purpose of sub- +section 111(2), to be an application made under sub- +section 111(1); and +(b) if a person other than a peace officer, firearms offi- +cer or chief firearms officer made the application for +the order referred to in subsection 110.1(3), the +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +4 + +Page 21 +Attorney General of the province in which the applica- +tion was made — or, if the application was made in a +territory, the Attorney General of Canada — becomes +the applicant, in their place, in the application made +under subsection 111(1). +Date for hearing +(3) The date fixed for the hearing must be before the end +of the period for which the order made under subsection +110.1(3) is in force. However, a provincial court judge +may, before or at any time during the hearing, on appli- +cation by the applicant or the person against whom an +order under subsection 111(5) is sought, adjourn the +hearing. +Requirement — notice +(4) If the Attorney General becomes, under paragraph +(2)(b), the applicant in an application made under sub- +section 111(1), the provincial court judge shall, as soon as +feasible but not later than 15 days before the date fixed +under subsection (1), cause notice of that application and +of that date to be served on that Attorney General. +Cancellation of hearing +(5) If a provincial court judge revokes an order made un- +der subsection 110.1(3) against a person before the appli- +cation for an order sought under subsection 111(5) +against the person is heard, the judge shall cancel the +hearing. +(2) Subsection 110.1(1) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +Application for emergency prohibition order +110.1 (1) Any person may make an ex parte application +to a provincial court judge for an order prohibiting an- +other person from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, +prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, +firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or ex- +plosive substance, or all such things, if the person be- +lieves on reasonable grounds that it is not desirable in +the interests of the safety of the person against whom the +order is sought or of any other person that the person +against whom the order is sought should possess any +such thing. +(3) Subsection 110.1(3) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +Emergency prohibition order +(3) If, at the conclusion of a hearing of an application +made under subsection (1), the provincial court judge is +satisfied that the circumstances referred to in that sub- +section exist and that an order should be made without +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +4 + +Page 22 +delay to ensure the immediate protection of any person, +the judge shall make an order prohibiting the person +against whom the order is sought from possessing any +firearm, +cross-bow, +prohibited +weapon, +restricted +weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, ammunition, +prohibited ammunition or explosive substance, or all +such things, for a period not exceeding 30 days, as is +specified in the order, beginning on the day on which the +order is made. +(4) Subsections (2) and (3) come into force on a +day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Coun- +cil. +5 (1) Subsection 111(1) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +Application for prohibition order +111 (1) A peace officer, firearms officer or chief +firearms officer may apply to a provincial court judge for +an order prohibiting a person from possessing any +firearm, +cross-bow, +prohibited +weapon, +restricted +weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, ammunition, +prohibited ammunition or explosive substance, or all +such things, if the peace officer, firearms officer or chief +firearms officer believes on reasonable grounds that it is +not desirable in the interests of the safety of the person +against whom the order is sought or of any other person +that the person against whom the order is sought should +possess any such thing. +(2) Subsection 111(5) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +Prohibition order +(5) If, at the conclusion of a hearing of an application +made under subsection (1), the provincial court judge is +satisfied that the circumstances referred to in that sub- +section exist, the provincial court judge shall make an or- +der prohibiting the person from possessing any firearm, +cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, pro- +hibited device, firearm part, ammunition, prohibited am- +munition or explosive substance, or all such things, for +the period, not exceeding five years, that is specified in +the order, beginning on the day on which the order is +made. +(3) Subsection 111(11) of the Act is repealed. +6 Section 112 of the Act is replaced by the follow- +ing: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 4-6 + +Page 23 +Revocation of prohibition order under subsection +110.1(3) or 111(5) +112 A provincial court judge may, on application by the +person against whom an order is made under subsection +110.1(3) or 111(5), revoke the order if satisfied that the +circumstances for which it was made have ceased to ex- +ist. +7 Subsection 113(4) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +When order can be made +(4) For greater certainty, an order under subsection (1) +may be made during proceedings for an order under sub- +section 109(1), 110(1), 110.1(3), 111(5), 117.05(4) or +515(2), paragraph 732.1(3)(d) or subsection 810(3). +8 Subsection 115(1.1) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +Exception +(1.1) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of an order +made under subsection 110.1(3) or section 515. +9 Subsection 116(2) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +Duration of revocation or amendment +(2) An authorization, a licence and a registration certifi- +cate relating to a thing the possession of which is prohib- +ited by an order made under subsection 110.1(3) or sec- +tion 515 is revoked, or amended, as the case may be, only +in respect of the period during which the order is in +force. +9.1 Subsection 117.01(1) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +Possession contrary to order +117.01 (1) Subject to subsection (4), every person com- +mits an offence who possesses a firearm, a cross-bow, a +prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited de- +vice, a firearm part, any ammunition, any prohibited am- +munition or an explosive substance while the person is +prohibited from doing so by any order made under this +Act or any other Act of Parliament. +10 (1) The Act is amended by adding the follow- +ing before section 117.011: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 6-10 + +Page 24 +Application for emergency limitations on access order +117.0101 (1) Any person may make an ex parte appli- +cation to a provincial court judge for an order under this +section if the person believes on reasonable grounds that +(a) the person against whom the order is sought co- +habits with, or is an associate of, another person who +is prohibited by any order made under this Act or any +other Act of Parliament from possessing any firearm, +cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, pro- +hibited device, ammunition, prohibited ammunition +or explosive substance, or all such things; and +(b) the other person would or might have access to +any such thing that is in the possession of the person +against whom the order is sought. +Hearing in private +(2) The provincial court judge may hold the hearing of an +application made under subsection (1) in private if the +judge considers that it is necessary to protect the security +of the applicant or of anyone known to the applicant. +Emergency limitations on access order +(3) If, at the conclusion of a hearing of an application +made under subsection (1), the provincial court judge is +satisfied that the circumstances referred to in that sub- +section exist and that an order should be made without +delay to ensure the immediate protection of any person, +the judge shall make an order in respect of the person +against whom the order is sought, for a period not ex- +ceeding 30 days, as is specified in the order, beginning on +the day on which the order is made, imposing any terms +and conditions on the person’s use and possession of any +thing referred to in subsection (1) that the judge consid- +ers appropriate. +Service of order +(4) A copy of the order shall be served on the person to +whom the order is addressed in the manner that the +provincial court judge directs or in accordance with the +rules of court. +Terms and conditions +(5) In determining terms and conditions under subsec- +tion (3), the provincial court judge shall impose terms +and conditions that are the least intrusive as possible, +bearing in mind the purpose of the order. +Warrant to search and seize +(6) If a provincial court judge is satisfied by information +on oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe that +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +10 + +Page 25 +a person who is subject to an order made under subsec- +tion (3) possesses, in a building, receptacle or place, any +thing the use and possession of which is subject to terms +and conditions under the order, and that it is not desir- +able in the interests of the safety of the person, or of any +other person, for the person to possess the thing, the +judge may issue a warrant authorizing a peace officer to +search the building, receptacle or place and seize any +such thing that is in the possession of the person. +Search and seizure without warrant +(7) If, in respect of a person who is subject to an order +made under subsection (3), a peace officer is satisfied +that there are reasonable grounds to believe that it is not +desirable, in the interests of the safety of the person, or of +any other person, for the person to possess any thing the +use and possession of which is subject to terms and con- +ditions under the order, the peace officer may — if the +grounds for obtaining a warrant under subsection (6) ex- +ist but, by reason of a possible danger to the safety of the +person or any other person, it would not be practicable to +obtain a warrant — search for and seize any such thing +that is in the possession of the person. +Return to provincial court judge or justice +(8) A peace officer who executes a warrant referred to in +subsection (6) or who conducts a search without a war- +rant under subsection (7) shall immediately make a re- +turn to the provincial court judge who issued the warrant +or, if no warrant was issued, to a justice who might other- +wise have issued a warrant, showing +(a) in the case of an execution of a warrant, the things, +if any, seized and the date of execution of the warrant; +and +(b) in the case of a search conducted without a war- +rant, the grounds on which it was concluded that the +peace officer was entitled to conduct the search, and +the things, if any, seized. +Requirement to surrender +(9) A provincial court judge who makes an order against +a person under subsection (3) may, in the order, require +the person to surrender to a peace officer, a firearms offi- +cer or a chief firearms officer any thing the use or posses- +sion of which is subject to terms and conditions under +the order that is in the possession of the person on the +day on which the order is made, if the judge is satisfied +by information on oath that it is not desirable in the in- +terests of the safety of any person for the person to pos- +sess the thing, and if the judge does so, they shall specify +in the order a reasonable period for surrendering the +thing. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +10 + +Page 26 +Condition +(10) A provincial court judge may issue a warrant under +subsection (6) or include in an order made under subsec- +tion (3) a requirement set out in subsection (9) only if +they are satisfied that there is no other way to ensure that +the terms and conditions of that order can reasonably be +complied with. +Return of things before expiry or revocation of order +(11) A peace officer who has seized any thing under sub- +section (6) or (7), and a peace officer, a firearms officer or +a chief firearms officer to whom any thing has been sur- +rendered in accordance with subsection (9), may, before +the expiry or revocation of the order made under subsec- +tion (3), on being issued a receipt for it, return the thing +to the person from whom it was seized or who surren- +dered it, if the peace officer, firearms officer or chief +firearms officer, as the case may be, has reasonable +grounds to believe that the person will comply with the +terms and conditions of the order as to the use and pos- +session of the thing. +Return of things after expiry or revocation of order +(12) Any things seized under subsection (6) or (7) from a +person against whom an order has been made under sub- +section (3) and any things surrendered by the person in +accordance with subsection (9) shall, unless already re- +turned under subsection (11), be returned to the person +(a) if the order made against the person under subsec- +tion (3) is revoked, as soon as feasible after the day on +which it is revoked; or +(b) in any other case, as soon as feasible after the end +of the period specified in the order made against the +person under subsection (3). +Order denying access to information +117.0102 (1) If an order is made under subsection +117.0101(3), a provincial court judge may, on application +by the person who applied for the order or on the judge’s +own motion, if the judge considers that it is necessary to +protect the security of the person or of anyone known to +the person, make an order prohibiting access to, and the +disclosure of, any or all of the following: +(a) any information relating to the order made under +that subsection; +(b) any information relating to a warrant issued under +subsection 117.0101(6); +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +10 + +Page 27 +(c) any information relating to a search and seizure +conducted without a warrant under subsection +117.0101(7); and +(d) any information relating to the order made under +this subsection. +Expiry of order +(2) Unless an order made under subsection (1) is re- +voked earlier, it expires on the day on which the order +made under subsection 117.0101(3) expires or is revoked. +Exception +(3) Despite subsection (2), if, before the order made un- +der subsection 117.0101(3) expires or is revoked, a date is +fixed under subsection 117.0104(1) for the hearing of an +application made under subsection 117.011(1), an order +made under subsection (1) ceases to have effect on +(a) the date fixed under subsection 117.0104(1); or +(b) if the order made under subsection 117.0101(3) is +revoked before that date, the day on which it is re- +voked. +Procedure +(4) If an order is made under subsection (1), all docu- +ments relating to, as the case may be, the order made un- +der that subsection, the order made under subsection +117.0101(3), the warrant issued under subsection +117.0101(6) or, in the case of a search and seizure con- +ducted without a warrant under subsection 117.0101(7), +the return made under subsection 117.0101(8) shall — +subject to any terms and conditions that the provincial +court judge considers desirable in the circumstances, in- +cluding, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, +any term or condition concerning partial disclosure of a +document, deletion of any information or the occurrence +of a condition — be immediately placed in a packet and +sealed by the judge, and the packet shall be kept in the +custody of the court in a place to which the public has no +access or in any other place that the judge may authorize +and shall not be dealt with except in accordance with the +terms and conditions specified in the order or as varied +under subsection (5). +Revocation or variance of order +(5) An application to revoke an order made under sub- +section (1) or vary any of its terms and conditions may be +made to the provincial court judge who made the order +or to another provincial court judge. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +10 + +Page 28 +Order to delete identifying information +117.0103 (1) If an order is made under subsection +117.0101(3) or 117.0102(1), a provincial court judge may, +on application by the person who applied for the order +referred to in subsection 117.0101(3) or on the judge’s +own motion, if the judge considers that it is necessary to +protect the security of the person or of anyone known to +the person, make an order, subject to any terms and con- +ditions that the judge considers desirable in the circum- +stances, directing that +(a) copies be made of any documents relating to the +order +made +under +subsection +117.0101(3) +or +117.0102(1), as the case may be, including the order it- +self; +(b) any information that could identify the person +who applied for the order referred to in subsection +117.0101(3) or anyone known to the person be deleted +from those copies; and +(c) the documents relating to the order made under +subsection 117.0101(3) or 117.0102(1), as the case may +be, including the order itself, to which the public has +access or that are made available to or required to be +served on any person are to be the edited copies re- +ferred to in paragraph (b). +Duration of order +(2) An order made under subsection (1) may be for any +period — definite or indefinite — that the provincial court +judge considers necessary to protect the security of the +person who applied for the order referred to in subsec- +tion 117.0101(3) or of anyone known to the person. +Procedure +(3) If an order is made under subsection (1), the origi- +nals of all documents that are the subject of the order +shall — subject to any terms and conditions that the +provincial court judge considers desirable in the circum- +stances — be immediately placed in a packet and sealed +by the judge, and the packet shall be kept in the custody +of the court in a place to which the public has no access +or in any other place that the judge may authorize and +shall not be dealt with except in accordance with the +terms and conditions specified in the order or as varied +under subsection (4). +Revocation or variance of order +(4) An application to revoke an order made under sub- +section (1) or vary any of its terms and conditions may be +made to the provincial court judge who made the order +or to another provincial court judge. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +10 + +Page 29 +Clarification +(5) For greater certainty, if a date is fixed under subsec- +tion 117.0104(1) for the hearing of an application made +under subsection 117.011(1), any order made under this +section that is still in force applies in respect of that hear- +ing. +Order under subsection 117.011(5) +117.0104 (1) If a provincial court judge makes an order +under subsection 117.0101(3), the judge may, on the +judge’s own motion, fix a date for the hearing of an appli- +cation made under subsection 117.011(1) and shall direct +that notice of the hearing be given, in the manner that +the judge may specify, to the person against whom an or- +der under subsection 117.011(5) is sought. +Clarification — application for order +(2) For the purpose of this section, +(a) the application for the order referred to in subsec- +tion 117.0101(3) is deemed, except for the purpose of +subsection 117.011(2), to be an application made un- +der subsection 117.011(1); and +(b) if a person other than a peace officer, firearms offi- +cer or chief firearms officer made the application for +the order referred to in subsection 117.0101(3), the At- +torney General of the province in which the applica- +tion was made — or, if the application was made in a +territory, the Attorney General of Canada — becomes +the applicant, in their place, in the application made +under subsection 117.011(1). +Date for hearing +(3) The date fixed for the hearing must be before the end +of the period for which the order made under subsection +117.0101(3) is in force. However, a provincial court judge +may, before or at any time during the hearing, on appli- +cation by the applicant or the person against whom an +order under subsection 117.011(5) is sought, adjourn the +hearing. +Requirement — notice +(4) If the Attorney General becomes, under paragraph +(2)(b), the applicant in an application made under sub- +section 117.011(1), the provincial court judge shall, as +soon as feasible but not later than 15 days before the date +fixed under subsection (1), cause notice of that applica- +tion and of that date to be served on that Attorney Gener- +al. +Cancellation of hearing +(5) If a provincial court judge revokes an order made un- +der subsection 117.0101(3) against a person before the +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Section +10 + +Page 30 +application for an order sought under subsection +117.011(5) against the person is heard, the judge shall +cancel the hearing. +(2) Paragraph 117.0101(1)(a) of the Act is replaced +by the following: +(a) the person against whom the order is sought co- +habits with, or is an associate of, another person who +is prohibited by any order made under this Act or any +other Act of Parliament from possessing any firearm, +cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, pro- +hibited device, firearm part, ammunition, prohibited +ammunition or explosive substance, or all such things; +and +(3) Subsection (2) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +10.1 (1) Paragraph 117.011(1)(a) of the Act is re- +placed by the following: +(a) the person against whom the order is sought co- +habits with, or is an associate of, another person who +is prohibited by any order made under this Act or any +other Act of Parliament from possessing any firearm, +cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, pro- +hibited device, firearm part, ammunition, prohibited +ammunition or explosive substance, or all such things; +and +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +11 Section 117.012 of the Act is replaced by the fol- +lowing: +Revocation of order under subsection 117.0101(3) or +117.011(5) +117.012 A provincial court judge may, on application by +the person against whom an order is made under subsec- +tion 117.0101(3) or 117.011(5), revoke the order if satis- +fied that the circumstances for which it was made have +ceased to exist. +11.1 (1) Paragraphs 117.02(1)(a) and (b) of the Act +are replaced by the following: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 10-11.1 + +Page 31 +(a) that a weapon, an imitation firearm, a prohibited +device, a firearm part, any ammunition, any prohibit- +ed ammunition or an explosive substance was used in +the commission of an offence, or +(b) that an offence is being committed, or has been +committed, under any provision of this Act that in- +volves, or the subject-matter of which is, a firearm, an +imitation firearm, a cross-bow, a prohibited weapon, a +restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm part, +ammunition, prohibited ammunition or an explosive +substance, +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +11.2 (1) Subsections 117.04(1) and (2) of the Act +are replaced by the following: +Application for warrant to search and seize +117.04 (1) Where, pursuant to an application made by +a peace officer with respect to any person, a justice is sat- +isfied by information on oath that there are reasonable +grounds to believe that the person possesses a weapon, a +prohibited device, a firearm part, ammunition, prohibit- +ed ammunition or an explosive substance in a building, +receptacle or place and that it is not desirable in the in- +terests of the safety of the person, or of any other person, +for the person to possess the weapon, prohibited device, +firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or ex- +plosive substance, the justice may issue a warrant autho- +rizing a peace officer to search the building, receptacle or +place and seize any such thing, and any authorization, li- +cence or registration certificate relating to any such +thing, that is held by or in the possession of the person. +Search and seizure without warrant +(2) Where, with respect to any person, a peace officer is +satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that +it is not desirable, in the interests of the safety of the per- +son or any other person, for the person to possess any +weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, ammunition, +prohibited ammunition or explosive substance, the peace +officer may, where the grounds for obtaining a warrant +under subsection (1) exist but, by reason of a possible +danger to the safety of that person or any other person, it +would not be practicable to obtain a warrant, search for +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 11.1-11.2 + +Page 32 +and seize any such thing, and any authorization, licence +or registration certificate relating to any such thing, that +is held by or in the possession of the person. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +11.3 (1) The portion of subsection 117.05(4) of the +Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the fol- +lowing: +Forfeiture and prohibition order on finding +(4) If, following the hearing of an application made un- +der subsection (1), the justice finds that it is not desirable +in the interests of the safety of the person from whom the +thing was seized or of any other person that the person +should possess any weapon, prohibited device, firearm +part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition and explosive +substance, or any such thing, the justice shall +(2) Paragraph 117.05(4)(b) of the English version +of the Act is replaced by the following: +(b) where the justice is satisfied that the circum- +stances warrant such an action, order that the posses- +sion by that person of any weapon, prohibited device, +firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition +and explosive substance, or of any such thing, be pro- +hibited during any period, not exceeding five years, +that is specified in the order, beginning on the making +of the order. +(3) Subsections (1) and (2) come into force on a +day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Coun- +cil. +12 (1) Paragraphs 117.07(1)(b) and (c) of the Act +are replaced by the following: +(b) manufactures or transfers, or offers to manufac- +ture or transfer, a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a re- +stricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm part, +any ammunition or any prohibited ammunition in the +course of the public officer’s duties or employment; +(c) exports or imports a firearm, a prohibited weapon, +a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm +part or any prohibited ammunition in the course of +the public officer’s duties or employment; +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +(3) Subsection 117.07(2) of the Act is amended by +striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (g) and +by adding the following after paragraph (h): +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 11.2-12 + +Page 33 +(i) a person employed by the Bank of Canada or the +Royal Canadian Mint who is responsible for the secu- +rity of its facilities; or +(j) a person employed by any federal agency or body, +other than a person employed in the federal public ad- +ministration, who is responsible for the security of +that agency’s or body’s facilities and is prescribed to be +a public officer. +12.1 (1) Paragraphs 117.071(b) and (c) of the Act +are replaced by the following: +(b) transfers or offers to transfer a firearm, a prohibit- +ed weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a +firearm part, any ammunition or any prohibited am- +munition in the course of their duties or employment; +(c) exports or imports a firearm, a prohibited weapon, +a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm +part or any prohibited ammunition in the course of +their duties or employment; or +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +12.2 (1) Paragraphs 117.08(b) and (c) of the Act +are replaced by the following: +(b) manufactures or transfers, or offers to manufac- +ture or transfer, a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a re- +stricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm part, +any ammunition or any prohibited ammunition, +(c) exports or imports a firearm, a prohibited weapon, +a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm +part or any prohibited ammunition, +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +12.3 (1) Subsection 117.09(3) of the Act is replaced +by the following: +Employees of carriers +(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, but +subject to section 117.1, no individual who is employed +by a carrier, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Firearms +Act, is guilty of an offence under this Act or that Act by +reason only that the individual, in the course of the indi- +vidual’s duties or employment, possesses any firearm, +cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, pro- +hibited device, firearm part, ammunition or prohibited +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 12-12.3 + +Page 34 +ammunition or transfers, or offers to transfer any such +thing. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13 (1) Paragraph (a) of the definition offence in +section 183 of the Act is amended by adding the +following after subparagraph (xii.91): +(xii.92) section 92 (possession of firearm knowing +its possession is unauthorized), +(xii.93) section 95 (possession of prohibited or re- +stricted firearm with ammunition), +(1.1) Paragraph (a) of the definition offence in +section 183 of the Act is amended by adding the +following after subparagraph (xvi): +(xvi.1) section 102.1 (possession of computer data), +(2) Paragraph (a) of the definition offence in sec- +tion 183 of the Act is amended by adding the fol- +lowing after subparagraph (xviii): +(xviii.1) section 104.1 (altering cartridge maga- +zine), +13.1 (1) Paragraphs 491(1)(a) and (b) of the Act +are replaced by the following: +(a) a weapon, an imitation firearm, a prohibited de- +vice, a firearm part, any ammunition, any prohibited +ammunition or an explosive substance was used in the +commission of an offence and that thing has been +seized and detained, or +(b) that a person has committed an offence that in- +volves, or the subject-matter of which is, a firearm, a +cross-bow, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, +a prohibited device, a firearm part, ammunition, pro- +hibited ammunition or an explosive substance and any +such thing has been seized and detained, +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.2 (1) Paragraph 501(3)(h) of the Act is re- +placed by the following: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 12.3-13.2 + +Page 35 +(h) abstain from possessing a firearm, cross-bow, pro- +hibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, +firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or +explosive substance, and surrender those that are in +their possession to the peace officer or other specified +person and also any authorization, licence or registra- +tion certificate or other document enabling them to +acquire or possess them; +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.3 (1) The portion of subsection 515(4.1) of the +Act after paragraph (c) is replaced by the follow- +ing: +(d) an offence that involves, or the subject-matter of +which is, a firearm, a cross-bow, a prohibited weapon, +a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm +part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or an ex- +plosive substance, or +(e) an offence under subsection 20(1) of the Security +of Information Act, or an offence under subsection +21(1) or 22(1) or section 23 of that Act that is commit- +ted in relation to an offence under subsection 20(1) of +that Act, +the justice shall add to the order a condition prohibiting +the accused from possessing a firearm, cross-bow, pro- +hibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, +firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or ex- +plosive substance, or all those things, until the accused is +dealt with according to law unless the justice considers +that such a condition is not required in the interests of +the safety of the accused or the safety and security of a +victim of the offence or of any other person. +(2) Subparagraph 515(6)(a)(viii) of the Act is re- +placed by the following: +(viii) that is alleged to involve, or whose subject- +matter is alleged to be, a firearm, a cross-bow, a +prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibit- +ed device, a firearm part, any ammunition or pro- +hibited ammunition or an explosive substance, and +that is alleged to have been committed while the ac- +cused was under a prohibition order within the +meaning of subsection 84(1); +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 13.2-13.3 + +Page 36 +(3) Subsections (1) and (2) come into force on a +day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Coun- +cil. +13.4 (1) Subsection 810(3.1) of the Act is replaced +by the following: +Conditions +(3.1) Before making an order under subsection (3), the +justice or the summary conviction court shall consider +whether it is desirable, in the interests of the safety of the +defendant or of any other person, to include as a condi- +tion of the recognizance that the defendant be prohibited +from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited +weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm +part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or explosive +substance, or all such things, for any period specified in +the recognizance and, if the justice or summary convic- +tion court decides that it is so desirable, the justice or +summary conviction court shall add such a condition to +the recognizance. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.5 (1) Subsection 810.01(5) of the Act is replaced +by the following: +Conditions — firearms +(5) The provincial court judge shall consider whether it +is desirable, in the interests of the defendant’s safety or +that of any other person, to prohibit the defendant from +possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, +restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, am- +munition, prohibited ammunition or explosive sub- +stance, or all of those things. If the judge decides that it is +desirable to do so, the judge shall add that condition to +the recognizance and specify the period during which the +condition applies. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.6 (1) Subsection 810.011(7) of the Act is re- +placed by the following: +Conditions — firearms +(7) The provincial court judge shall consider whether it +is desirable, in the interests of the defendant’s safety or +that of any other person, to prohibit the defendant from +possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, +restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, am- +munition, prohibited ammunition or explosive sub- +stance, or all of those things. If the judge decides that it is +desirable to do so, the judge shall add that condition to +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 13.3-13.6 + +Page 37 +the recognizance and specify the period during which it +applies. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.7 (1) Subsection 810.02(7) of the Act is replaced +by the following: +Conditions — firearms +(7) The provincial court judge shall consider whether it +is desirable, in the interests of the defendant’s safety or +that of any other person, to prohibit the defendant from +possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, +restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, am- +munition, prohibited ammunition or explosive sub- +stance, or all of those things. If the judge decides that it is +desirable to do so, the judge shall add that condition to +the recognizance and specify the period during which the +condition applies. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.8 (1) Subsection 810.1(3.03) of the Act is re- +placed by the following: +Conditions — firearms +(3.03) The provincial court judge shall consider whether +it is desirable, in the interests of the defendant’s safety or +that of any other person, to prohibit the defendant from +possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, +restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, am- +munition, prohibited ammunition or explosive sub- +stance, or all of those things. If the judge decides that it is +desirable to do so, the judge shall add that condition to +the recognizance and specify the period during which the +condition applies. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.9 (1) Subsection 810.2(5) of the Act is replaced +by the following: +Conditions — firearms +(5) The provincial court judge shall consider whether it +is desirable, in the interests of the defendant’s safety or +that of any other person, to prohibit the defendant from +possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, +restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, am- +munition, prohibited ammunition or explosive sub- +stance, or all of those things. If the judge decides that it is +desirable to do so, the judge shall add that condition to +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 13.6-13.9 + +Page 38 +the recognizance and specify the period during which the +condition applies. +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.10 (1) Paragraph 5(i) of Form 10 of Part +XXVIII of the Act is replaced by the following: +□ (i) You must not possess a firearm, cross-bow, pro- +hibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited de- +vice, firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammuni- +tion or explosive substance and you must surrender +those that are in your possession and also any autho- +rization, licence or registration certificate or other +document enabling you to acquire or possess them +to (name or title) at (place). +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.11 (1) The portion of Form 11 of Part XXVIII +of the Act that begins with “You must not pos- +sess” and ends with “(name or title) at (place).” +is replaced by the following: +□ You must not possess a firearm, crossbow, prohib- +ited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, +firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or +explosive substance and you must surrender any of +them in your possession and any authorization, li- +cence or registration certificate or other document +enabling the acquisition or possession of a firearm to +(name or title) at (place). +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +13.12 (1) Paragraph (c) of Form 32 of Part +XXVIII of the Act after the heading “List of Con- +ditions” is replaced by the following: +□ (c) abstains from possessing a firearm, crossbow, +prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited de- +vice, firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammuni- +tion or explosive substance and surrenders those in +their possession and surrenders any authorization, li- +cence or registration certificate or other document +enabling the acquisition or possession of a firearm +(sections 83.3, 810, 810.01, 810.1 and 810.2 of the +Criminal Code); +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 13.9-13.12 + +Page 39 +(2) Subsection (1) comes into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +Replacement of “10” and “ten” with “14” +14 The Act is amended by replacing “10” and +“ten” with “14” in the following provisions: +(a) paragraph 95(2)(a); +(b) paragraph 96(2)(a); +(c) the portion of subsection 99(2) before para- +graph (a) and subsection 99(3); +(d) the portion of subsection 100(2) before +paragraph (a) and subsection 100(3); and +(e) the portion of subsection 103(2) before +paragraph (a) and subsection 103(2.1). +Transitional Provision +Unlawfully manufactured firearms +14.1 If proceedings in respect of an unlawfully +manufactured firearm have been commenced +under the Criminal Code before the day on which +paragraph (e) of the definition prohibited firearm +in subsection 84(1) of that Act, as enacted by sub- +section 1(1), comes into force and have not been +completed before that day, then that paragraph +(e) does not apply with respect to the firearm in +relation to those proceedings. +Review and Report +Review by House of Commons committee +14.2 (1) Five years after the day on which para- +graph (e) of the definition prohibited firearm in +subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code, as enacted +by subsection 1(2), comes into force, a compre- +hensive review of that paragraph is to be com- +menced by a committee of the House of Com- +mons that may be designated or established by +that House for that purpose. +Report to House of Commons +(2) Within one year, or any further time that is +authorized by the House of Commons, after the +day on which the review is commenced, the com- +mittee must submit a report on that review to the +House of Commons, together with a statement of +any changes to paragraph (e) of the definition +prohibited firearm in subsection 84(1) of the +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Amendments to the Act +Sections 13.12-14.2 + +Page 40 +Criminal Code, as enacted by subsection 1(2), +that the committee recommends. +1995, c. 39 +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +15 Subsection 2(1) of the Firearms Act is amend- +ed by adding the following in alphabetical order: +protection order protection order has the meaning as- +signed by the regulations but is intended to include any +binding order made by a court or other competent au- +thority in the interest of the safety or security of a person; +this includes but is not limited to orders that prohibit a +person from: +(a) being in physical proximity to an identified person +or following an identified person from place to place; +(b) communicating with an identified person, either +directly or indirectly; +(c) being at a specified place or within a specified dis- +tance of that place; +(d) engaging in harassing or threatening conduct di- +rected at an identified person; +(e) occupying a family home or a residence; or +(f) engaging in family violence. (ordonnance de pro- +tection) +15.1 The portion of paragraph 4(b) of the Act af- +ter subparagraph (ii) is replaced by the follow- +ing: +firearms, prohibited weapons, restricted weapons, +prohibited devices, ammunition, prohibited ammuni- +tion and cartridge magazines in circumstances that +would otherwise constitute an offence under subsec- +tion 99(1), 100(1) or 101(1) of the Criminal Code; and +15.2 Paragraph 4(c) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +(c) to authorize, notably by sections 35 to 73, the im- +portation or exportation of firearms, prohibited +weapons, restricted weapons, prohibited devices, +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Criminal Code +Review and Report +Sections 14.2-15.2 + +Page 41 +ammunition, prohibited ammunition, cartridge maga- +zines and components and parts designed exclusively +for use in the manufacture of or assembly into auto- +matic firearms in circumstances that would otherwise +constitute an offence under subsection 103(1) or +104(1) of the Criminal Code. +15.3 Subsection 5(1) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +Personal safety +5 (1) A person is not eligible to hold a licence if it is de- +sirable, in the interests of the safety of that or any other +person, that the person not possess a firearm, a cross- +bow, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohib- +ited device, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or a +cartridge magazine. +15.4 Paragraph 5(2)(d) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +(d) is or was previously prohibited by an order — +made in the interests of the safety and security of any +person — from communicating with an identified per- +son or from being at a specified place or within a spec- +ified distance of that place, and poses or could pose a +threat or risk to the safety and security of any person; +16 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 6: +Protection orders +6.1 Subject to section 70.3 and the regulations, an indi- +vidual is not eligible to hold a licence if they are subject +to a protection order or have been convicted of an offence +in the commission of which violence was used, threat- +ened or attempted against their intimate partner or any +member of their family. +17 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 12.1: +Handguns +12.2 A registration certificate for a handgun must not be +issued to an individual. +18 (0.1) Paragraph 19(1)(b) of the Act is amended +by adding the following after subparagraph (iii): +(iii.1) wishes to transport the firearm to another indi- +vidual or business that holds a licence authorizing that +individual or business to possess prohibited firearms +or restricted firearms for purposes of storage for the +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 15.2-18 + +Page 42 +time necessary for the individual to address a mental +illness or similar problem, or +(1) Subsection 19(2.1) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +Automatic authorization to transport — licence +renewal +(2.1) An individual who holds a licence authorizing the +individual to possess a restricted firearm or a handgun +referred to in subsection 12(6.1) must, if the licence is re- +newed, be authorized to transport it within the individu- +al’s province of residence to and from all shooting clubs +and shooting ranges that are approved under section 29. +However, the authorization does not apply to a restricted +firearm or a handgun referred to in subsection 12(6.1) +whose transfer to the individual was approved for the +purpose of having it form part of a gun collection. +(2) Subsection 19(2.3) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +Automatic authorization to transport — transfer +(2.3) If a chief firearms officer has authorized the trans- +fer of a restricted firearm or a handgun referred to in +subsection 12(6.1) to an individual who holds a licence +authorizing the individual to possess a restricted firearm +or such a handgun, the individual must be authorized to +transport their restricted firearm or handgun within their +province of residence to and from all shooting clubs and +shooting ranges that are approved under section 29, un- +less the transfer of the restricted firearm or handgun was +approved for the purpose of having it form part of a gun +collection. +19 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 19: +Exception — handguns +19.1 Despite subsection 19(1), an individual must not be +authorized to transport a handgun from a port of entry +unless the individual holds a registration certificate in re- +spect of the handgun. +20 Section 20 of the Act is replaced by the follow- +ing: +Carrying restricted firearms and pre-December 1, 1998 +handguns +20 An individual who holds a licence authorizing the in- +dividual to possess a restricted firearm or a handgun re- +ferred to in subsection 12(6.1) (pre-December 1, 1998 +handguns) may be authorized to possess a particular re- +stricted firearm or handgun at a place other than the +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 18-20 + +Page 43 +place at which it is authorized to be possessed if the indi- +vidual needs the particular restricted firearm or handgun +(a) to protect their life or the life of other individuals; +or +(b) for use in connection with their lawful profession +or occupation. +21 Subsection 23.2(1) of the Act is amended by +adding the following after paragraph (d): +(d.1) if the transferee is an individual and the firearm +is a handgun, the individual is referred to in section +97.1; +21.1 Section 25 of the Act is renumbered as sub- +section 25(1) and is amended by adding the fol- +lowing: +Authorization to transfer cartridge magazine to +individuals +(2) A person may transfer a cartridge magazine that is +not prescribed to be a prohibited device only if the indi- +vidual holds a licence authorizing him or her to possess +firearms. +21.2 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 25: +Authorization to transfer firearm parts +25.1 (1) A person may transfer a firearm part to an indi- +vidual only if the individual holds a licence authorizing +them to possess firearms. +Exception — non-residents +(2) Subject to the regulations and despite subsection (1), +a person may transfer a firearm part to a non-resident +who is 18 years old or older and who does not hold a li- +cence if the non-resident has made a declaration that is +confirmed under paragraph 35(1)(b) or subsection 38(2) +and that is valid. +22 Paragraphs 27(a) and (b) of the Act are re- +placed by the following: +(a) verify +(i) whether the transferee holds a licence, +(ii) whether the transferee is still eligible to hold +that licence, +(iii) whether the licence authorizes the transferee +to acquire that kind of firearm or to acquire +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 20-22 + +Page 44 +prohibited weapons, prohibited devices, ammuni- +tion or prohibited ammunition, as the case may be, +and +(iv) if the proposed transfer is in respect of a hand- +gun, whether the transferee is an individual re- +ferred to in section 97.1; +(b) in the case of a proposed transfer of a restricted +firearm or a handgun referred to in subsection 12(6.1) +(pre-December 1, 1998 handguns), verify the purpose +for which the transferee wishes to acquire the restrict- +ed firearm or handgun and determine whether the +particular restricted firearm or handgun is appropri- +ate for that purpose; +23 Section 28 of the Act is amended by striking +out “or” at the end of paragraph (a) and by re- +placing paragraph (b) with the following: +(b) that the purpose for which the individual wishes to +acquire the restricted firearm or handgun is for use in +target practice, in a target shooting competition, under +conditions specified in an authorization to transport +or under the auspices of a shooting club or shooting +range that is approved under section 29; or +(c) in the case of a restricted firearm other than a +handgun, that the purpose for which the individual +wishes to acquire it is to form part of their gun collec- +tion and the individual satisfies the criteria described +in section 30. +24 (1) The portion of section 30 of the Act before +paragraph (b) is replaced by the following: +Gun collectors +30 The criteria referred to in paragraph 28(c) are that +the individual +(a) has knowledge of the historical, technological or +scientific characteristics that relate to or distinguish +the restricted firearms, other than handguns, that they +possess; +(2) Paragraphs 30(b) and (c) of the English ver- +sion of the Act are replaced by the following: +(b) has consented to the periodic inspection, conduct- +ed in a reasonable manner, of the premises in which +those firearms are to be kept; and +(c) has complied with any other prescribed require- +ments respecting knowledge, secure storage and the +keeping of records in respect of those firearms. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 22-24 + +Page 45 +25 Section 32 of the Act is replaced by the follow- +ing: +Mail-order transfers of firearms +32 A person may transfer a firearm by mail only if the +prescribed conditions are complied with and the verifica- +tions, notifications, issuances and authorizations referred +to in sections 21 to 28, 30 and 31 take place within a rea- +sonable period before the transfer in the prescribed man- +ner. +26 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 36: +Importation of ammunition or cartridge magazine — +individuals +37 (1) An individual may import ammunition — other +than prohibited ammunition — or a cartridge magazine +— other than a cartridge magazine that is prescribed to +be a prohibited device — only if, at the time of the impor- +tation, they hold a valid licence and produce the licence +to a customs officer. +Exception — non-residents +(2) Despite subsection (1), a non-resident who, at the +time of the importation, is 18 years old or older and who +does not hold a licence may import ammunition — other +than prohibited ammunition — or a cartridge magazine +— other than a cartridge magazine that is prescribed to +be a prohibited device — if they declare the ammunition +or cartridge magazine to a customs officer by completing +the prescribed form containing the prescribed informa- +tion and a customs officer confirms the declaration in the +prescribed manner. A declaration that is confirmed has +the same effect as a valid licence for the purposes of im- +porting the ammunition or cartridge magazine. +Non-compliance +(3) If any of the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) are +not complied with, the customs officer may authorize the +ammunition or cartridge magazine to be exported from +that customs office or may detain the ammunition or car- +tridge magazine and give the individual a reasonable +time to comply with those requirements. +Disposal of ammunition or cartridge magazine +(4) If those requirements are not complied with within a +reasonable time and the ammunition is not exported, a +customs officer shall lawfully dispose of the ammunition +or cartridge magazine. +Non-compliance +(5) A customs officer may refuse to confirm the declara- +tion referred to in subsection (2) if, among other things, +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 25-26 + +Page 46 +(a) the non-resident has not truthfully completed the +prescribed form; or +(b) the customs officer has reasonable grounds to be- +lieve that it is desirable, in the interests of the safety of +the non-resident or any other person, that the declara- +tion not be confirmed. +Importation of firearm parts — individuals +38 (1) An individual may import a firearm part only if, +at the time of the importation, they hold a valid licence +and produce the licence to a customs officer. +Exception — non-residents +(2) Despite subsection (1), a non-resident who, at the +time of the importation, is 18 years old or older and who +does not hold a licence may import a firearm part if they +declare it to a customs officer by completing the pre- +scribed form containing the prescribed information and a +customs officer confirms the declaration in the pre- +scribed manner. A declaration that is confirmed has the +same effect as a valid licence for the purposes of import- +ing the firearm part. +Non-compliance +(3) If any of the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) are +not complied with, the customs officer may authorize the +firearm part to be exported from the customs office or +may detain it and give the individual a reasonable time to +comply with those requirements. +Disposal of firearm part +(4) If those requirements are not complied with within a +reasonable time and the firearm part is not exported, a +customs officer shall lawfully dispose of it. +Non-compliance +(5) A customs officer may refuse to confirm the declara- +tion referred to in subsection (2) if, among other things, +(a) the non-resident has not truthfully completed the +prescribed form; or +(b) the customs officer has reasonable grounds to be- +lieve that it is desirable, in the interests of the safety of +the non-resident or any other person, that the declara- +tion not be confirmed. +27 Paragraph 54(2)(a) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 26-27 + +Page 47 +(a) a chief firearms officer, in the case of a licence, an +authorization to carry referred to in paragraph 20(b) +or an authorization to transport; +(a.1) the Commissioner, in the case of an authoriza- +tion to carry referred to in paragraph 20(a); or +28 Section 57 of the Act is replaced by the follow- +ing: +Authorizations to carry or transport +57 A chief firearms officer is responsible for issuing au- +thorizations to carry referred to in paragraph 20(b) and +authorizations to transport. +Authorizations to carry referred to in paragraph 20(a) +57.1 The Commissioner is responsible for issuing autho- +rizations to carry referred to in paragraph 20(a). +29 Subsections 58(1) and (1.1) of the Act are re- +placed by the following: +Conditions — chief firearms officer +58 (1) A chief firearms officer who issues a licence, an +authorization to carry referred to in paragraph 20(b) or +an authorization to transport may attach any condition to +it that the chief firearms officer considers desirable in the +particular circumstances and in the interests of the safety +of the holder or any other person. +Exception — licence or authorization +(1.1) However, a chief firearms officer’s power to attach +a condition to a licence, an authorization to carry re- +ferred to in paragraph 20(b) or an authorization to trans- +port is subject to the regulations. +Conditions — Commissioner +(1.2) Subject to the regulations, the Commissioner may +attach any reasonable condition to an authorization to +carry referred to in paragraph 20(a) that the Commis- +sioner considers desirable in the particular circum- +stances and in the interests of the safety of the holder or +any other person. +30 Subsection 63(3) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +Authorizations to carry +(3) Authorizations to carry referred to in paragraph 20(a) +are not valid outside the geographic area set in the autho- +rization by Commissioner. Authorizations to carry re- +ferred to in paragraph 20(b) are not valid outside the +province in which they are issued. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 27-30 + +Page 48 +30.1 Subsection 64(1.2) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +No use or acquisition +(1.2) The holder of a licence that is extended under sub- +section (1.1) must not, until the renewal of their licence, +use their firearms or acquire any firearms, ammunition +or cartridge magazines. +31 Section 66 of the Act is amended by striking +out “or” at the end of paragraph (a), by adding +“or” at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding +the following after paragraph (b): +(c) the classification of the firearm as a restricted +firearm or a prohibited firearm changes as a result of +an amendment to an Act of Parliament or to a regula- +tion made under an Act of Parliament. +32 Subsections 67(1) and (2) of the Act are re- +placed by the following: +Renewal — chief firearms officer +67 (1) A chief firearms officer may renew a licence, an +authorization to carry referred to in paragraph 20(b) or +an authorization to transport in the prescribed manner. +Renewal — Commissioner +(1.1) The Commissioner may renew an authorization to +carry referred to in paragraph 20(a) in the prescribed +manner. +Restricted firearms and pre-December 1, 1998 +handguns +(2) On renewing a licence authorizing an individual to +possess a restricted firearm or a handgun referred to in +subsection 12(6.1) (pre-December 1, 1998 handguns), a +chief firearms officer shall decide whether any such +firearm or handgun is used by them +(a) to protect their life or the life of other individuals; +(b) in connection with their lawful profession or occu- +pation; +(c) in target practice, in a target shooting competition, +under conditions specified in an authorization to +transport or under the auspices of a shooting club or +shooting range that is approved under section 29; or +(d) to form part of their gun collection. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 30.1-32 + +Page 49 +33 Section 68 of the Act and the heading before it +are replaced by the following: +Refusal to Issue and Suspension and +Revocation +Refusal to issue — chief firearms officer +68 (1) A chief firearms officer shall refuse to issue a li- +cence if the applicant is not eligible to hold one and may +refuse to issue an authorization to carry referred to in +paragraph 20(b) or an authorization to transport for any +good and sufficient reason. +Refusal to issue — Commissioner +(2) The Commissioner may refuse to issue an authoriza- +tion to carry referred to in paragraph 20(a) for any good +and sufficient reason. +34 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 69: +Suspension +69.1 (1) If a chief firearms officer has reasonable +grounds to suspect, on the basis of information that they +have collected or received from any person, including a +psychologist, a psychiatrist, a nurse, a nurse practitioner +or a medical practitioner, that the holder of a licence is +no longer eligible to hold the licence, they shall suspend, +in respect of that licence, the holder’s authorization to +use, acquire and import firearms for a period of up to 30 +days. +Notice +(2) A chief firearms officer shall give notice in writing of +the suspension to the holder of the licence. The notice +shall include reasons for the decision, the nature of the +information relied on for the decision, the period of the +suspension and a copy of this section and sections 69.2 +and 70. +Non-disclosure of information +(3) A chief firearms officer need not disclose any infor- +mation the disclosure of which could, in their opinion, +endanger the safety of any person. +Termination of suspension +(4) A chief firearms officer shall terminate the suspen- +sion at any time before the expiry of the period referred +to in subsection (2) if they are satisfied that the grounds +for the suspension no longer exist. The chief firearms +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 32-34 + +Page 50 +officer shall give notice in writing of the termination of +the suspension to the holder of the licence. +Prohibition on use, acquisition and importation +69.2 The holder of a licence shall not use, acquire or im- +port firearms while their authorizations to do so are sus- +pended under subsection 69.1(1). +35 (1) The portion of subsection 70(1) of the Act +before paragraph (a) is replaced by the follow- +ing: +Revocation of licence or authorization +70 (1) A chief firearms officer may revoke a licence, an +authorization to carry referred to in paragraph 20(b) or +an authorization to transport — and the Commissioner +may revoke an authorization to carry referred to in para- +graph 20(a) — for any good and sufficient reason includ- +ing, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, +(2) Subsection 70(1) of the Act is amended by +striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (a) and +by adding the following after paragraph (a): +(a.1) where the holder of the licence uses, acquires or +imports a firearm while their authorizations to do so +are suspended under subsection 69.1(1); or +36 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 70: +Revocation — domestic violence +70.1 (1) If a chief firearms officer has reasonable +grounds to suspect that an individual who holds a licence +may have engaged in an act of domestic violence or stalk- +ing, the chief firearms officer must revoke the licence +within 24 hours. +Definition of domestic violence +(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), domestic vio- +lence means conduct, whether or not it constitutes a +criminal offence, by a family member towards another +family member, including conduct by or towards an inti- +mate partner, that is violent or threatening or that is part +of a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour or that +causes that other family member or intimate partner to +fear for their safety or the safety of another person, and +includes +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 34-36 + +Page 51 +(a) physical abuse, including forced confinement, but +excluding the use of reasonable force to protect them- +selves or another person; +(b) sexual abuse; +(c) psychological abuse; +(d) financial abuse; +(e) threats to kill or cause bodily harm to any person; +(f) threats to kill or harm an animal or damage prop- +erty; +(g) harassment, including stalking; +(h) the failure to provide the necessities of life; and +(i) the killing or harming of an animal or the damag- +ing of property. +Revocation — protection order +70.2 (1) If an individual becomes subject to a protection +order, their licence is automatically revoked and they +must deliver to a peace officer any firearm that they pos- +sess within 24 hours or, if that is not possible, within any +extended period established by the chief firearms officer. +Sections 91, 92 and 94 of the Criminal Code do not apply +to the individual in relation to such a firearm during that +period. +Notice +(2) A chief firearms officer must give notice, in the pre- +scribed manner, of a revocation referred to in subsection +(1) to the individual and must specify in the notice the +period referred to in that subsection. +Conditional licence +70.3 Subject to section 5, a chief firearms officer may, in +the prescribed circumstances, issue a licence that is sub- +ject to the conditions that the chief firearms officer con- +siders appropriate to an individual referred to in section +6.1, 70.1 or 70.2 if the individual establishes to the satis- +faction of the chief firearms officer that they need a +firearm to hunt or trap in order to sustain themselves or +their family. +37 Subsections 72(4) to (6) of the Act are replaced +by the following: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 36-37 + +Page 52 +Disposal of firearms, etc. +(4) A notice given under subsection (1) in respect of a li- +cence must specify that the applicant for or holder of the +licence may deliver to a peace officer or a firearms officer +or a chief firearms officer any firearm, prohibited +weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device or prohib- +ited ammunition that the applicant for or holder of the li- +cence possesses within 24 hours or, if that is not possible, +within an extended period established by the chief +firearms officer. Sections 91, 92 and 94 of the Criminal +Code do not apply to the applicant or holder in relation to +such a firearm, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon or +prohibited device or such prohibited ammunition during +that period. +Disposal of firearms — registration certificate +(5) A notice given under subsection (1) in respect of a +registration certificate for a prohibited firearm or a re- +stricted firearm must specify that the applicant for or +holder of the registration certificate may deliver to a +peace officer or a firearms officer or a chief firearms offi- +cer the firearm to which the registration certificate re- +lates within 24 hours or, if that is not possible, within an +extended period established by the chief firearms officer. +Sections 91, 92 and 94 of the Criminal Code do not apply +to the applicant or holder in relation to such a prohibited +firearm or restricted firearm during that period. +Reference +(6) If the applicant for or holder of a licence refers the re- +fusal to issue it or revocation of it to a provincial court +judge under section 74, they must, within the period re- +ferred to in subsection (4), deliver to a peace officer any +firearm that they possess. Sections 91, 92 and 94 of the +Criminal Code do not apply to the applicant or holder in +relation to such a firearm during that period. +Order — return of firearm +(7) If the decision of the chief firearms officer is con- +firmed, the judge may, if a firearm was delivered to a +peace officer under subsection (6), order the return of the +firearm to the applicant for or holder of the licence, in or- +der for the applicant or holder to lawfully dispose of it. +Conditions +(8) When making an order under subsection (7), the +judge may impose any conditions that they consider ap- +propriate in the interests of the safety of the applicant for +or holder of the licence or any other person, including +(a) the time within which and manner in which the +firearm is to be returned; +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Section +37 + +Page 53 +(b) the manner in which the applicant or holder is to +have access to the firearm during the period beginning +with the return of the firearm and ending with its dis- +posal; and +(c) the manner in which the firearm is to be disposed +of. +Effect +(9) An order made under subsection (7) takes effect on +(a) the day after the day on which the period for mak- +ing an appeal has expired, if no appeal is made; or +(b) the day on which a final determination is made in +respect of the appeal, if an appeal is made and the de- +cision of the chief firearms officer is confirmed. +If decision confirmed +(10) If the appeal has been finally determined and the +decision of the chief firearms officer is confirmed, the ap- +plicant for or holder of the licence must lawfully dispose +of a firearm that was delivered to a peace officer under +subsection (6) within 30 days after the day on which the +firearm is returned to them. Sections 91, 92 and 94 of the +Criminal Code do not apply to the applicant or holder in +relation to such a firearm during that 30-day period. +38 (1) Subsection 87(1) of the Act is amended by +adding the following after paragraph (a): +(a.1) every licence that is the subject of a suspension +under section 69.1; +(2) Paragraph 87(1)(c) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +(c) every prohibition order and protection order, and +any variation or revocation of such orders, of which +the chief firearms officer is informed under section 89; +and +39 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 88: +Disclosure of Information +Authorization to disclose +88.1 (1) If the Commissioner, the Registrar or a chief +firearms officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that +an individual is using or has used a licence to transfer or +offer to transfer a firearm for the purpose of committing +an offence referred to in subsection 99(1) or 100(1) of the +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 37-39 + +Page 54 +Criminal Code, the Commissioner, the Registrar or the +chief firearms officer may disclose, for the purpose of in- +vestigating or prosecuting an offence under that subsec- +tion, the following information to a law enforcement +agency: +(a) the individual’s name, date of birth and address; +(b) the licence number and province of issuance of the +individual’s most recent licence and the dates of issue +of the first licence and most recent licence issued to +the individual; +(c) a list of all restricted and prohibited firearms ac- +quired by the individual and whether they were ac- +quired from a business or an individual; +(d) the number, date of issue and expiration date of +the registration certificates for all firearms for which +the individual was issued a registration certificate and +the firearm identification number of those firearms; +(e) the serial number, make, model, manufacturer, +calibre and barrel length of all firearms for which the +individual was issued a registration certificate; +(f) whether a firearm for which the individual was is- +sued a registration certificate has been transferred or +reported lost or stolen; and +(g) any other prescribed information. +For greater certainty +(2) For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (1) is in- +tended to derogate from the powers conferred on the +Commissioner, the Registrar or a chief firearms officer +under this Act or any other Act of Parliament or an Act of +a provincial legislature or the common law to disclose in- +formation to a law enforcement agency. +40 The heading before section 89 is replaced by +the following: +Reporting of Prohibition Orders and +Protection Orders +41 Section 89 of the Act is renumbered as subsec- +tion 89(1) and is amended by adding the follow- +ing: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 39-41 + +Page 55 +Protection order +(2) Any competent authority that makes, varies or re- +vokes a protection order shall have a chief firearms offi- +cer informed of the protection order or its variation or re- +vocation within 24 hours. +42 Subsection 93(1) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +Report to federal Minister +93 (1) The Commissioner shall, no later than May 31 of +each year and at any other times that the federal Minister +may in writing request, submit to the federal Minister a +report, in the form and including the information that +the federal Minister may direct, with regard to the ad- +ministration of this Act. +Information on disclosures +(1.1) Each report shall include information relating to +the disclosures made under section 88.1 during the peri- +od to which the report relates, including the number of +disclosures made to a law enforcement agency. +43 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 97: +Exception — handguns +97.1 Sections 12.2 and 19.1 do not apply in respect of an +individual who +(a) holds an authorization to carry in respect of a +handgun; or +(b) meets the prescribed criteria and annually pro- +vides a letter to a chief firearms officer from a provin- +cial or national sport shooting governing body indicat- +ing +(i) that they are training, competing or coaching in +a handgun shooting discipline that is on the pro- +gramme of the International Olympic Committee or +the International Paralympic Committee, +(ii) the disciplines in which they train, compete or +coach, and +(iii) that the handgun in question is necessary for +training, competing or coaching in those disci- +plines. +44 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 111: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 41-44 + +Page 56 +Advertising +112 (1) Every business or every person referred to be- +low commits an offence that advertises a firearm in a +manner that depicts, counsels or promotes violence +against a person: +(a) a person who is an owner of or partner in the busi- +ness; +(b) if the business is a corporation, a person who is a +director or officer of the corporation; +(c) a person who has a relationship with a person re- +ferred to in paragraph (a) or (b) and who has a direct +influence on the operations of the business. +Exception +(1.1) Subsection (1) does not apply to persons or busi- +nesses that advertise in their usual course of business di- +rectly to or on behalf of the film industry, the Canadian +Forces or public safety personnel. +Punishment +(2) Every business that, or every person referred to in +paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) who, commits an offence un- +der subsection (1) +(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to im- +prisonment +(i) in the case of a first offence, for a term not ex- +ceeding two years, and +(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, +for a term not exceeding five years; or +(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary +conviction. +45 (1) Paragraph 117(a) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +(a) defining the expression “protection order” for the +purposes of this Act; +(a.01) regulating the issuance of licences, registration +certificates and authorizations, including regulations +respecting the purposes for which they may be issued +under any provision of this Act and prescribing the +circumstances in which persons are or are not eligible +to hold licences; +(1.1) Subparagraph 117(i)(i) of the Act is replaced +by the following: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 44-45 + +Page 57 +(i) prohibited firearms, prohibited weapons, re- +stricted weapons, prohibited devices, prohibited +ammunition and firearm parts, or +(1.11) The portion of paragraph 117(k) of the Act +after subparagraph (ii) is replaced by the follow- +ing: +of firearms, prohibited weapons, restricted weapons, +prohibited devices, ammunition, prohibited ammuni- +tion, cartridge magazines and components and parts +designed exclusively for use in the manufacture of or +assembly into firearms; +(1.2) Paragraph 117(k.1) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +(k.1) respecting the importation or exportation of +firearms, prohibited weapons, restricted weapons, +prohibited devices, ammunition, prohibited ammuni- +tion, cartridge magazines and components and parts +designed exclusively for use in the manufacture of or +assembly into firearms; +(2) Paragraph 117(k.3) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +(k.3) respecting the confirmation of declarations and +authorizations to transport for the purposes of para- +graph 35(1)(b) and the confirmation of declarations +for the purposes of subsections 37(2) and 38(2); +(k.4) respecting the disposal of ammunition and car- +tridge magazines referred to in subsection 37(4) and of +firearm parts referred to in subsection 38(4); +Transitional Provisions +Protection orders +46 Section 6.1 of the Firearms Act, as enacted by +section 16, and section 70.2 of that Act, as enacted +by section 36, apply only in respect of protection +orders, as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act, +made on or after the day on which section 15 +comes into force. +Registration certificates — handguns +47 Section 12.2 of the Firearms Act, as enacted by +section 17, does not apply in respect of a registra- +tion certificate for which an application was sub- +mitted in accordance with section 54 of that Act +before the day on which that section 17 comes in- +to force. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Amendments to the Act +Sections 45-47 + +Page 58 +Pending reference +48 Subsection 72(6) of the Firearms Act, as it +read immediately before the day on which sec- +tion 37 comes into force, continues to apply in re- +spect of an applicant for or holder of a licence +who referred the refusal to issue it or revocation +of it to a provincial court judge under section 74 +of the Firearms Act before that day if, on that +day, the reference has not been finally disposed +of. +1997, c. 9 +Nuclear Safety and Control Act +49 Section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control +Act is amended by adding the following in alpha- +betical order: +firearm has the same meaning as in section 2 of the +Criminal Code. (arme à feu) +high-security site means a nuclear facility where Cate- +gory I nuclear material or Category II nuclear materi- +al, as those terms are defined in section 1 of the Nuclear +Security Regulations, is processed, used or stored. (site +à sécurité élevée) +nuclear security officer means an employee who is des- +ignated as a nuclear security officer under subsection +27.1(2). (agent de sécurité nucléaire) +on-site nuclear response force means the on-site nu- +clear response force referred to in subsection 27.2(1). +(force d’intervention nucléaire interne) +prohibited device has the same meaning as in subsec- +tion 84(1) of the Criminal Code. (dispositif prohibé) +prohibited weapon has the same meaning as in subsec- +tion 84(1) of the Criminal Code. (arme prohibée) +50 The Act is amended by adding the following +after section 27: +High-security Sites +Security at site +27.1 (1) A licensee who operates a high-security site is +responsible for ensuring the security of the site in accor- +dance with section 27.2 and the prescribed requirements. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Firearms Act +Transitional Provisions +Sections 48-50 + +Page 59 +Nuclear security officers +(2) The licensee may, in accordance with the regulations, +(a) designate as a nuclear security officer any employ- +ee of the licensee who meets the prescribed require- +ments; and +(b) suspend or revoke the designation. +Restriction +(3) An employee designated as a nuclear security officer +may exercise the powers and perform the duties and +functions of a nuclear security officer only if they are des- +ignated as a peace officer under subsection 27.3(1). +Preservation and maintenance of public peace +(4) A nuclear security officer’s duties include the preser- +vation and maintenance of the public peace at the high- +security site. +On-site nuclear response force +27.2 (1) A licensee who operates a high-security site +shall at all times maintain an on-site nuclear response +force that is composed of nuclear security officers who +are +(a) designated as peace officers under subsection +27.3(1); +(b) trained in the handling and use of firearms, pro- +hibited weapons and prohibited devices and qualified +to handle and use them; +(c) posted to the high-security site on a permanent +basis; and +(d) armed and equipped in accordance with the regu- +lations. +Additional training +(2) If the licensee acquires any firearms, prohibited +weapons or prohibited devices in accordance with an au- +thorization granted under subsection 27.4(1), the licensee +shall ensure that the members of the on-site nuclear re- +sponse force are trained in the handling and use of those +firearms, prohibited weapons or prohibited devices and +that the members are qualified to handle and use them. +Exemption +(3) The licensee is not required to comply with subsec- +tion (1) if the licensee +(a) makes on-site security arrangements with a local, +provincial or federal police service or with the +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Nuclear Safety and Control Act +Section +50 + +Page 60 +Canadian Forces that meet the prescribed require- +ments and are approved by the Commission; or +(b) takes other security measures that meet the pre- +scribed requirements and are approved by the Com- +mission. +Peace officer designation +27.3 (1) The Commission may, in accordance with the +regulations, +(a) designate any nuclear security officer as a peace +officer for a high-security site; and +(b) suspend or revoke the designation. +Effect of designation +(2) Subject to subsection (3), a nuclear security officer +who is designated as a peace officer is a peace officer +within the meaning of the Criminal Code for the purpose +of performing their duties and functions at the high-secu- +rity site for which they are designated and for the pur- +pose of performing any prescribed off-site duties and +functions that are ancillary to their duties and functions +at the site. +Limits on powers +(3) A nuclear security officer who is designated as a +peace officer may exercise only the following powers as a +peace officer and may do so only at the high-security site +for which they are designated: +(a) verifying the identity of any individual; +(b) conducting searches of individuals and things; +(c) arresting without a warrant, in accordance with +the Criminal Code, any individual whom the nuclear +security officer finds committing an offence under this +Act, the Criminal Code or the Controlled Drugs and +Substances Act that poses a risk to the safety or secu- +rity of the site or any individual whom the nuclear se- +curity officer believes on reasonable grounds has com- +mitted or is about to commit such an offence at the +site; and +(d) seizing any thing +(i) that the nuclear security officer believes on rea- +sonable grounds poses a risk to the safety or securi- +ty of the site, or +(ii) in relation to which the nuclear security officer +believes on reasonable grounds that an offence +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Nuclear Safety and Control Act +Section +50 + +Page 61 +referred to in paragraph (c) has been, is being or is +about to be committed. +Use of force +(4) Subsections 25(1), (3) and (4) of the Criminal Code +apply to a nuclear security officer who is designated as a +peace officer only when they are exercising their powers +as a peace officer at the high-security site for which they +are designated. +Arrested individuals and seized things +(5) If a nuclear security officer who is designated as a +peace officer arrests an individual under paragraph (3)(c) +or seizes a thing under paragraph (3)(d), the nuclear se- +curity officer shall arrange for the appropriate police ser- +vice to take custody of the individual or thing as soon as +feasible after the arrest or seizure. +Complaints process +(6) The Commission shall, in accordance with the regula- +tions, ensure that there is a process for handling com- +plaints with respect to the conduct of nuclear security of- +ficers in the exercise of their powers or the performance +of their duties and functions as peace officers. +Firearms, prohibited weapons and prohibited devices +27.4 (1) Despite Part III of the Criminal Code and the +Firearms Act, and subject to subsection (2), the Commis- +sion may grant an authorization, with or without condi- +tions, to a licensee who operates a high-security site to +acquire, possess, transfer and dispose of firearms, pro- +hibited weapons and prohibited devices in order to carry +out the responsibility referred to in subsection 27.1(1). +Restriction +(2) An authorization granted under subsection (1) may +authorize a licensee to transfer firearms, prohibited +weapons and prohibited devices only to a public service +agency or to another licensee to whom an authorization +has been granted under that subsection. +Transfer to licensee +(3) Despite Part III of the Criminal Code and the +Firearms Act, the Commission, a public service agency or +any person in lawful possession of firearms, prohibited +weapons or prohibited devices may transfer firearms, +prohibited weapons and prohibited devices to a licensee +to whom an authorization has been granted under sub- +section (1). +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Nuclear Safety and Control Act +Section +50 + +Page 62 +Reporting to Registrar of Firearms +(4) A licensee to whom an authorization is granted under +subsection (1) shall, as if the licensee were a public ser- +vice agency, provide the Registrar of Firearms referred to +in section 82 of the Firearms Act with the advisory infor- +mation referred to in section 12 of the Public Agents +Firearms Regulations and the reports referred to in sec- +tions 8 to 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16 of those Regulations. How- +ever, any reference to “October 31, 2008” in those Regula- +tions is to be read as a reference to the day on which the +authorization is granted to the licensee and any reference +to “October 31, 2009” in those Regulations is to be read as +a reference to the first anniversary of the day on which +the authorization is granted. +Reporting to Commission +(5) A licensee to whom an authorization is granted under +subsection (1) shall, in accordance with the regulations, +report to the Commission with respect to the advisory in- +formation and reports that the licensee provides under +the Public Agents Firearms Regulations. +Definition of public service agency +(6) In this section, public service agency has the same +meaning as in section 1 of the Public Agents Firearms +Regulations. +Delegation to President +27.5 The Commission may delegate to the President the +powers conferred on it under subsection 27.3(1) or sec- +tion 27.4. +51 Subsection 44(1) of the Act is amended by +adding the following after paragraph (m): +(m.1) respecting the designation of employees of a li- +censee who operates a high-security site as nuclear se- +curity officers and the suspension or revocation of +those designations; +(m.2) respecting the powers, duties and functions of +nuclear security officers, including +(i) any duties to be performed off-site that are an- +cillary to their duties at a high-security site, and +(ii) their powers, duties and functions as members +of an on-site nuclear response force; +(m.3) respecting the carrying, handling, use, storage +and transportation of prohibited weapons by nuclear +security officers who are not members of an on-site +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Nuclear Safety and Control Act +Sections 50-51 + +Page 63 +nuclear response force in the exercise of their powers +or the performance of their duties and functions and +respecting the equipment that is to be provided to +them for the purposes of exercising those powers or +performing those duties and functions; +(m.4) respecting the carrying, handling, use, storage +and transportation of firearms, prohibited weapons +and prohibited devices by members of an on-site nu- +clear response force in the exercise of their powers or +the performance of their duties and functions and re- +specting the equipment that is to be provided to them +for the purposes of exercising those powers or per- +forming those duties and functions; +(m.5) respecting the designation of nuclear security +officers as peace officers and the suspension or revoca- +tion of those designations; +(m.6) respecting the process for handling complaints +with respect to the conduct of nuclear security officers +in the exercise of their powers or the performance of +their duties and functions as peace officers, including +the filing and reviewing of complaints and the manner +in which they are to be resolved; +(m.7) respecting authorizations granted under sub- +section 27.4(1); +(m.8) respecting the powers, duties and functions of +the Registrar of Firearms in relation to the require- +ments set out in subsection 27.4(4), including the as- +signment of identification numbers to licensees and +firearms; +(m.9) respecting a licensee’s obligation to report to +the Commission under subsection 27.4(5); +2001, c. 27 +Immigration and Refugee +Protection Act +52 Paragraph 4(2)(c) of the Immigration and +Refugee Protection Act is replaced by the follow- +ing: +(c) the establishment of policies respecting the en- +forcement of this Act and inadmissibility on grounds +of security, organized criminality, violating human or +international rights or transborder criminality; or +53 (1) Paragraphs 36(1)(a) to (c) of the French +version of the Act are replaced by the following: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Nuclear Safety and Control Act +Sections 51-53 + +Page 64 +a) être déclaré coupable au Canada d’une infraction +prévue sous le régime d’une loi fédérale punissable +d’un emprisonnement maximal d’au moins dix ans ou +d’une infraction prévue sous le régime d’une loi fédé- +rale pour laquelle un emprisonnement de plus de six +mois est infligé; +b) être déclaré coupable, à l’extérieur du Canada, +d’une infraction qui, commise au Canada, constitue- +rait une infraction sous le régime d’une loi fédérale +punissable d’un emprisonnement maximal d’au moins +dix ans; +c) commettre, à l’extérieur du Canada, une infraction +qui, commise au Canada, constituerait une infraction +sous le régime d’une loi fédérale punissable d’un em- +prisonnement maximal d’au moins dix ans. +(2) Paragraphs 36(2)(a) to (c) of the French ver- +sion of the Act are replaced by the following: +a) être déclaré coupable au Canada d’une infraction +prévue sous le régime d’une loi fédérale punissable par +mise en accusation ou de deux infractions prévues +sous le régime de toute loi fédérale qui ne découlent +pas des mêmes faits; +b) être déclaré coupable, à l’extérieur du Canada, +d’une infraction qui, commise au Canada, constitue- +rait une infraction sous le régime d’une loi fédérale +punissable par mise en accusation ou de deux infrac- +tions qui ne découlent pas des mêmes faits et qui, +commises au Canada, constitueraient des infractions +sous le régime de toute loi fédérale; +c) commettre, à l’extérieur du Canada, une infraction +qui, commise au Canada, constituerait une infraction +sous le régime d’une loi fédérale punissable par mise +en accusation; +(3) Subsection 36(2) of the Act is amended by +adding “or” at the end of paragraph (b), by strik- +ing out “or” at the end of paragraph (c) and by +repealing paragraph (d). +(4) Section 36 of the Act is amended by adding the +following after subsection (2): +Transborder criminality +(2.1) A foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of +transborder criminality for committing, on entering +Canada, a prescribed offence under an Act of Parliament. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Immigration and Refugee Protection Act +Section +53 + +Page 65 +(5) The portion of subsection 36(3) of the Act be- +fore paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: +Application +(3) The following provisions govern subsections (1) to +(2.1): +(6) Paragraph 36(3)(b) of the English version of +the Act is replaced by the following: +(b) inadmissibility under subsections (1) to (2.1) may +not be based on a conviction in respect of which a +record suspension has been ordered and has not been +revoked or ceased to have effect under the Criminal +Records Act, or in respect of which there has been a fi- +nal determination of an acquittal; +(7) The portion of paragraph 36(3)(e) of the En- +glish version of the Act before subparagraph (i) +is replaced by the following: +(e) inadmissibility under subsections (1) to (2.1) may +not be based on an offence +54 Paragraph 37(1)(a) of the French version of +the Act is replaced by the following: +a) être membre d’une organisation dont il y a des mo- +tifs raisonnables de croire qu’elle se livre ou s’est livrée +à des activités faisant partie d’un plan d’activités cri- +minelles organisées par plusieurs personnes agissant +de concert en vue de la perpétration d’une infraction +prévue sous le régime d’une loi fédérale punissable par +mise en accusation ou de la perpétration, hors du +Canada, d’une infraction qui, commise au Canada, +constituerait une telle infraction, ou se livrer à des ac- +tivités faisant partie d’un tel plan; +55 Paragraph 55(3)(b) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +(b) has reasonable grounds to suspect that the perma- +nent resident or the foreign national is inadmissible +on grounds of security, violating human or interna- +tional rights, serious criminality, criminality, trans- +border criminality or organized criminality. +56 Paragraph 58(1)(c) of the Act is replaced by +the following: +(c) the Minister is taking necessary steps to inquire +into a reasonable suspicion that they are inadmissible +on grounds of security, violating human or interna- +tional rights, serious criminality, criminality, trans- +border criminality or organized criminality; +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Immigration and Refugee Protection Act +Sections 53-56 + +Page 66 +57 Subsection 68(4) of the Act is replaced by the +following: +Termination and cancellation +(4) If the Immigration Appeal Division has stayed a re- +moval order against a permanent resident or a foreign +national who was found inadmissible on grounds of seri- +ous criminality, criminality or transborder criminality, +and they are convicted of another offence referred to in +subsection 36(1), the stay is cancelled by operation of law +and the appeal is terminated. +58 Paragraph 100(2)(b) of the French version of +the Act is replaced by the following: +b) il l’estime nécessaire, afin qu’il soit statué sur une +accusation pour une infraction prévue sous le régime +d’une loi fédérale punissable d’un emprisonnement +maximal d’au moins dix ans. +59 Paragraphs 101(2)(a) and (b) of the French +version of the Act are replaced by the following: +a) une déclaration de culpabilité au Canada pour une +infraction prévue sous le régime d’une loi fédérale pu- +nissable d’un emprisonnement maximal d’au moins +dix ans; +b) une déclaration de culpabilité à l’extérieur du +Canada pour une infraction qui, commise au Canada, +constituerait une infraction sous le régime d’une loi fé- +dérale punissable d’un emprisonnement maximal d’au +moins dix ans. +60 Paragraph 103(1)(b) of the French version of +the Act is replaced by the following: +b) il l’estime nécessaire, afin qu’il soit statué sur une +accusation pour une infraction prévue sous le régime +d’une loi fédérale punissable d’un emprisonnement +maximal d’au moins dix ans. +61 Subsection 105(1) of the French version of the +Act is replaced by the following: +Sursis +105 (1) La Section de la protection des réfugiés ou la +Section d’appel des réfugiés sursoit à l’étude de l’affaire si +la personne est visée par un arrêté introductif d’instance +pris au titre de l’article 15 de la Loi sur l’extradition pour +une infraction prévue sous le régime d’une loi fédérale +punissable d’un emprisonnement d’une durée maximale +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Immigration and Refugee Protection Act +Sections 56-61 + +Page 67 +égale ou supérieure à dix ans tant qu’il n’a pas été statué +en dernier ressort sur la demande d’extradition. +62 Paragraph 112(3)(b) of the French version of +the Act is replaced by the following: +b) il est interdit de territoire pour grande criminalité +pour déclaration de culpabilité au Canada pour une in- +fraction prévue sous le régime d’une loi fédérale pu- +nissable d’un emprisonnement maximal d’au moins +dix ans ou pour toute déclaration de culpabilité à l’ex- +térieur du Canada pour une infraction qui, commise +au Canada, constituerait une infraction sous le régime +d’une loi fédérale punissable d’un emprisonnement +maximal d’au moins dix ans; +63 (1) Subparagraph 113(e)(i) of the Act is re- +placed by the following: +(i) an applicant who is determined to be inadmissi- +ble on grounds of serious criminality with respect +to a conviction in Canada of an offence under an +Act of Parliament punishable by a maximum term +of imprisonment of at least 10 years for which a +term of imprisonment of less than two years — or +no term of imprisonment — was imposed, and +(2) Subparagraph 113(e)(ii) of the French version +of the Act is replaced by the following: +(ii) celui qui est interdit de territoire pour grande +criminalité pour déclaration de culpabilité à l’exté- +rieur du Canada pour une infraction qui, commise +au Canada, constituerait une infraction sous le ré- +gime d’une loi fédérale punissable d’un emprison- +nement maximal d’au moins dix ans, sauf s’il a été +conclu qu’il est visé à la section F de l’article pre- +mier de la Convention sur les réfugiés. +2019, c. 9 +An Act to amend certain Acts +and Regulations in relation to +firearms +64 (1) Subsection 22(1) of An Act to amend cer- +tain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms +is replaced by the following: +An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain +consequential amendments (firearms) +22 (1) Sections 1, 16 and 18 come into force on the +day on which section 64 of An Act to amend +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Immigration and Refugee Protection Act +Sections 61-64 + +Page 68 +certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) comes into force. +(2) Section 22 of the Act is amended by adding the +following after subsection (2): +Order in council +(2.1) Subsections 3(2) and 4(2) and sections 19 to +21 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of +the Governor in Council. +Consequential Amendments +2019, c. 9 +An Act to amend certain Acts and +Regulations in relation to firearms +65 Subsection 3(2) of An Act to amend certain +Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms is +repealed. +66 Subsection 4(2) of the Act is repealed. +SOR/2002-227 +Immigration and Refugee Protection +Regulations +67 The portion of section 19 of the Immigration +and Refugee Protection Regulations before +paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: +Transborder crime +19 For the purposes of subsection 36(2.1) of the Act, in- +dictable offences under the following Acts of Parliament +are prescribed: +68 Paragraph 229(1)(d) of the Regulations is re- +placed by the following: +(d) a deportation order, if they are inadmissible under +paragraph 36(2)(b) or (c) of the Act on grounds of +criminality or under subsection 36(2.1) of the Act on +grounds of transborder criminality; +69 Paragraph 230(3)(c) of the Regulations is re- +placed by the following: +(c) is inadmissible under subsection 36(1) of the Act +on grounds of serious criminality, under subsection +36(2) of the Act on grounds of criminality or under +subsection 36(2.1) of the Act on grounds of transbor- +der criminality; +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms +Sections 64-69 + +Page 69 +Coordinating Amendments +Bill S-4 +70 (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply if Bill S-4, in- +troduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament +and entitled An Act to amend the Criminal Code +and the Identification of Criminals Act and to +make +related +amendments +to +other +Acts +(COVID-19 response and other measures) (in this +section referred to as the “other Act”), receives +royal assent. +(2) On the first day on which both section 2 of the +other Act and section 4 of this Act are in force +(a) the portion of subsection 110.1(7) of the +Criminal Code before paragraph (a) is re- +placed by the following: +Report to justice +(7) A peace officer who executes a warrant referred to in +subsection (5) or who conducts a search without a war- +rant under subsection (6) shall immediately make a re- +port to a justice having jurisdiction in respect of the mat- +ter and, in the case of an execution of a warrant, jurisdic- +tion in the province in which the warrant was issued, +showing +(b) the English version of subsection 110.2(4) of +the Criminal Code is replaced by the following: +Procedure +(4) If an order is made under subsection (1), all docu- +ments relating to, as the case may be, the order made un- +der that subsection, the order made under subsection +110.1(3), the warrant issued under subsection 110.1(5) or, +in the case of a search and seizure conducted without a +warrant under subsection 110.1(6), the report made un- +der subsection 110.1(7) shall — subject to any terms and +conditions that the provincial court judge considers de- +sirable in the circumstances, including, without limiting +the generality of the foregoing, any term or condition +concerning partial disclosure of a document, deletion of +any information or the occurrence of a condition — be +immediately placed in a packet and sealed by the judge, +and the packet shall be kept in the custody of the court in +a place to which the public has no access or in any other +place that the judge may authorize and shall not be dealt +with except in accordance with the terms and conditions +specified in the order or as varied under subsection (5). +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Coordinating Amendments +Section +70 + +Page 70 +(3) On the first day on which both section 2 of the +other Act and section 10 of this Act are in force, +(a) the portion of subsection 117.0101(8) of the +Criminal Code before paragraph (a) is re- +placed by the following: +Report to justice +(8) A peace officer who executes a warrant referred to in +subsection (6) or who conducts a search without a war- +rant under subsection (7) shall immediately make a re- +port to a justice having jurisdiction in respect of the mat- +ter and, in the case of an execution of a warrant, jurisdic- +tion in the province in which the warrant was issued, +showing +(b) the English version of subsection 117.0102(4) +of the Criminal Code is replaced by the follow- +ing: +Procedure +(4) If an order is made under subsection (1), all docu- +ments relating to, as the case may be, the order made un- +der that subsection, the order made under subsection +117.0101(3), the warrant issued under subsection +117.0101(6) or, in the case of a search and seizure con- +ducted without a warrant under subsection 117.0101(7), +the report made under subsection 117.0101(8) shall — +subject to any terms and conditions that the provincial +court judge considers desirable in the circumstances, in- +cluding, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, +any term or condition concerning partial disclosure of a +document, deletion of any information or the occurrence +of a condition — be immediately placed in a packet and +sealed by the judge, and the packet shall be kept in the +custody of the court in a place to which the public has no +access or in any other place that the judge may authorize +and shall not be dealt with except in accordance with the +terms and conditions specified in the order or as varied +under subsection (5). +(4) On the first day on which section 22 of the oth- +er Act and sections 4 and 10 of this Act are all in +force +(a) the portion of subsection 487.093(1) of the +Criminal Code before paragraph (a) is re- +placed by the following: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Coordinating Amendments +Section +70 + +Page 71 +Duty of person executing certain warrants +487.093 (1) A person who executes a warrant issued +under subsection 110.1(5), 117.0101(6), 117.04(1), 199(1), +395(1) or 487(1) shall, during that execution, +(b) subsection 487.1(1) of the Criminal Code is +amended by adding the following after para- +graph (b): +(b.1) a warrant under subsection 110.1(5); +(b.2) a warrant under subsection 117.0101(6); +Bill C-5 +71 (1) Subsections (2) to (6) apply if Bill C-5, in- +troduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament +and entitled An Act to amend the Criminal Code +and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (in +this section referred to as the “other Act”), re- +ceives royal assent. +(2) On the first day on which both section 4 of the +other Act and section 14 of this Act are in force, +paragraph 95(2)(a) of the Criminal Code is re- +placed by the following: +(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to im- +prisonment for a term of not more than 14 years; or +(3) On the first day on which both section 5 of the +other Act and section 14 of this Act are in force, +paragraph 96(2)(a) of the Criminal Code is re- +placed by the following: +(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to im- +prisonment for a term of not more than 14 years; or +(4) On the first day on which both section 6 of the +other Act and section 14 of this Act are in force, +subsection 99(3) of the Criminal Code is replaced +by the following: +Punishment — other cases +(3) In any other case, a person who commits an offence +under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and +liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 +years. +(5) On the first day on which both section 7 of the +other Act and section 14 of this Act are in force, +subsection 100(3) of the Criminal Code is re- +placed by the following: +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Coordinating Amendments +Sections 70-71 + +Page 72 +Punishment — other cases +(3) In any other case, a person who commits an offence +under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and +liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 +years. +(6) On the first day on which both section 8 of the +other Act and section 14 of this Act are in force, +subsection 103(2.1) of the Criminal Code is re- +placed by the following: +Punishment — other cases +(2.1) In any other case, a person who commits an of- +fence under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable of- +fence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more +than 14 years. +2019, c. 9 +72 (1) In this section, other Act means An Act to +amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation +to firearms, chapter 9 of the Statutes of Canada, +2019. +(2) If subsection 3(2) of the other Act comes into +force before section 65 of this Act, then that sec- +tion 65 is deemed never to have come into force +and is repealed. +(3) If subsection 3(2) of the other Act comes into +force on the same day as section 65 of this Act, +then that section 65 is deemed to have come into +force before that subsection 3(2). +(4) If subsection 4(2) of the other Act comes into +force before section 66 of this Act, then that sec- +tion 66 is deemed never to have come into force +and is repealed. +(5) If subsection 4(2) of the other Act comes into +force on the same day as section 66 of this Act, +then that section 66 is deemed to have come into +force before that subsection 4(2). +Related Provision +Rights of Indigenous peoples +72.1 (1) The provisions enacted by this Act are to +be construed as upholding the rights of Indige- +nous peoples recognized and affirmed by section +35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, and not as abro- +gating or derogating from them. +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Coordinating Amendments +Sections 71-72 + +Page 73 +Definition of Indigenous peoples +(2) In subsection (1), Indigenous peoples has the +meaning assigned by the definition aboriginal +peoples of Canada in subsection 35(2) of the Con- +stitution Act, 1982. +Coming into Force +Order in council +73 (1) Subsections 5(1) and (2) and sections 9.1, +15, 16, 20, 21.2, 26 to 29, 32 to 36, 38, 40, 41 and 45 +come into force on a day or days to be fixed by or- +der of the Governor in Council. +30th day after royal assent +(1.1) Subsections 3(2) and 13(1.1) come into force +on the 30th day after the day on which this Act re- +ceives royal assent. +Order in council +(2) Sections 49 to 51 come into force on a day to be +fixed by order of the Governor in Council. +Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons +2021-2022-2023 +Chapter 32: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential +amendments (firearms) +Coordinating Amendments +Sections 72-73 + +Page 74 +Available on the House of Commons website +Disponible sur le site Web de la Chambre des com +