Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2025) — 2
cting in the course of their duties or under a contract; and (g) a person who (i) at any time during the amnesty period, is in possession of a specified firearm owned by a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) for the sole purpose of deactivating it so that it is no longer a firearm, and (ii) is a business , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Firearms Act , that holds a licence issued under that Act authorizing it to possess prohibited firearms for the purpose of deactivating them or is an employee of such a business. Purpose (2) The purpose of the amnesty period is to (a) permit a person referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) to (i) deactivate the specified firearm so that it is no longer a firearm, (ii) deliver the specified firearm to a police officer for destruction or other disposal, (ii.1) if the person is an individual who has entered into an agreement with the Government of Canada to have specified firearms destroyed, deliver the specified firearm to a person referred to in paragraph (1)(e) for destruction, (ii.2) if the person is an individual, deliver the specified firearm to a carrier , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Firearms Act , for the purpose of shipping the specified firearm to be deactivated, (iii) if the person is not the owner of the specified firearm, deliver it to its owner, (iv) export the specified firearm in accordance with all applicable legal requirements, including the legal requirements of the country to which it is exported, (v) if the person is a business as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Firearms Act , (A) return the specified firearm to the manufacturer, (B) deliver the specified firearm to a person referred to in paragraph (1)(f) for the purpose of shipping the specified firearm to be destroyed, and (C) deliver the specified firearm to a carrier , as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act, for the purpose of shipping the specified firearm to be destroyed or deactivated, (vi) transport the specified firearm by vehicle, for the purpose of doing any of the things described in subparagraphs (i) to (v), by a route that, in all the circumstances, is reasonably direct, as long as, during transportation, (A) the firearm is unloaded and no ammunition is present in the vehicle, (B) the firearm is in the trunk of the vehicle or, if there is no trunk, the firearm is not visible from outside the vehicle, and (C) the vehicle is not left unattended, (vii) transport the specified firearm by vehicle, in the manner referred to in subparagraph (vi), for the purpose of (A) storing it in accordance with subparagraph (x), or (B) having it stored by or, following storage, retrieving it from a person referred to in paragraph (1)(c), if the owner first notifies the chief firearms officer for the province in which they reside of the transport, (viii) in the case of a person referred to in paragraph (1)(a), if the specified firearm was, on the day before the day on which this Order comes into force, a non-restricted firearm, use it to hunt in the exercise of a right recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 or to sustain the person or their family, until they are able to obtain another firearm for that use, (ix) in the case of a person referred to in paragraph (1)(a), transport the specified firearm whose use is permitted under subparagraph (viii) in accordance with section 10 of the Storage, Display, Transportation and Handling of Firearms by Individuals Regulations for the purpose of doing the thing described in that subparagraph or giving temporary possession of the firearm to a person referred to in paragraph (1)(d), and (x) possess the specified firearm before doing any of the things described in subparagraphs (i) to (ix), as long as it is stored in accordance with (A) section 5 or 6 of the Storage, Display, Transportation and Handling of Firearms by Individuals Regulations , according to the classification of the firearm on the day before the day on which this Order comes