Cannabis Act — C-24.5 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act. analyst means an individual who is designated as an analyst under section 130 . ( analyste ) Attorney General means (a) the Attorney General of Canada, and includes his or her lawful deputy; or (b) with respect to proceedings commenced at the instance of the government of a province and conducted by or on behalf of that government, the Attorney General of that province, and includes his or her lawful deputy. ( procureur général ) brand element includes a brand name, trademark, tradename, distinguishing guise, logo, graphic arrangement, design or slogan that is reasonably associated with, or that evokes, (a) cannabis, a cannabis accessory or a service related to cannabis; or (b) a brand of any cannabis, cannabis accessory or service related to cannabis. ( élément de marque ) brand-preference promotion means promotion of cannabis by means of its brand characteristics, promotion of a cannabis accessory by means of its brand characteristics or promotion of a service related to cannabis by means of the brand characteristics of the service. ( promotion de marque ) cannabis means a cannabis plant and anything referred to in Schedule 1 but does not include anything referred to in Schedule 2. ( cannabis ) cannabis accessory means (a) a thing, including rolling papers or wraps, holders, pipes, water pipes, bongs and vaporizers, that is represented to be used in the consumption of cannabis; or (b) a thing that is deemed under subsection (3) to be represented to be used in the consumption of cannabis. ( accessoire ) cannabis plant means a plant that belongs to the genus Cannabis . ( plante de cannabis ) chemical offence-related property means offence-related property that is a chemical and includes (a) anything that contains any offence-related property that is a chemical; or (b) anything that has any offence-related property on it that is a chemical. ( bien infractionnel chimique ) chemical property means (a) any chemical offence-related property; (b) a chemical that is not chemical offence-related property; or (c) anything that contains a chemical referred to in paragraph (b) or anything that has such a chemical on it. ( bien chimique ) competent authority means a public authority of a foreign country that is authorized under the laws of that country to approve the importation or exportation of cannabis into or from that country. ( autorité compétente ) designated offence means (a) an offence under subsection 9 (1) or (2), 10 (1) or (2), 11 (1) or (2), 12 (1), (4), (5), (6) or (7), 13 (1) or 14 (1); or (b) a conspiracy or an attempt to commit, being an accessory after the fact in relation to, or any counselling in relation to, an offence referred to in paragraph (a). ( infraction désignée ) distribute includes administering, giving, transferring, transporting, sending, delivering, providing or otherwise making available in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and offering to distribute. ( distribuer ) dried cannabis means any part of a cannabis plant that has been subjected to a drying process, other than seeds. ( cannabis séché ) dwelling-house has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code . ( maison d’habitation ) government means any of the following or their institutions: (a) the federal government; (b) a corporation named in Schedule III to the Financial Administration Act ; (c) the government of a province or a public body established under an Act of the legislature of a province; (d) an aboriginal government as defined in subsection 13(3) of the Access to Information Act ; (e) the government of a foreign state or of a subdivision of a foreign state; and (f) an international organization of states. ( administration ) illicit cannabis means cannabis that is or was sold, produced or distributed by a person prohibited from doing so under this Act or any provincial Act or that was imported by a person prohibited from doing so under this Act. ( cannabis i