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Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act — F-31.6 (a)
politically exposed foreign person means a person who holds or has held one of the following offices or positions in or on behalf of a foreign state and includes any person who, for personal or business reasons, is or was closely associated with such a person, including a family member: (a) head of state or head of government; (b) member of the executive council of government or member of a legislature; (c) deputy minister or equivalent rank; (d) ambassador or attaché or counsellor of an ambassador; (e) military officer with a rank of general or above; (f) president of a state-owned company or a state-owned bank; (g) head of a government agency; (h) judge; (i) leader or president of a political party represented in a legislature; or (j) holder of any prescribed office or position. ( étranger politiquement vulnérable )
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prescribed means prescribed by regulation. ( Version anglaise seulement )
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property means any real, personal, movable or immovable property. ( bien )
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Binding on Her Majesty 3 This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.
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Orders and regulations 4 (1) If a foreign state, in writing, asserts to the Government of Canada that a person has misappropriated property of the foreign state or acquired property inappropriately by virtue of their office or a personal or business relationship and asks the Government of Canada to freeze property of the person, the Governor in Council may (a) make any orders or regulations with respect to the restriction or prohibition of any of the activities referred to in subsection (3) in relation to the person’s property that the Governor in Council considers necessary; and (b) by order, cause to be seized, frozen or sequestrated in the manner set out in the order any of the person’s property situated in Canada. Conditions (2) The Governor in Council may make the order or regulation only if the Governor in Council is satisfied that (a) the person is, in relation to the foreign state, a politically exposed foreign person; (b) there is internal turmoil, or an uncertain political situation, in the foreign state; and (c) the making of the order or regulation is in the interest of international relations. Restricted or prohibited activities (3) Orders and regulations may be made under paragraph (1)(a) with respect to the restriction or prohibition of any of the following activities, whether carried out in or outside Canada: (a) the dealing, directly or indirectly, by any person in Canada or Canadian outside Canada in any property, wherever situated, of the politically exposed foreign person; (b) the entering into or facilitating, directly or indirectly, by any person in Canada or Canadian outside Canada, of any financial transaction related to a dealing referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) the provision by any person in Canada or Canadian outside Canada of financial services or other related services in respect of property of the politically exposed foreign person. Exclusions (4) An order or regulation made under subsection (1) may exclude, individually or by class, any person, property or transaction from the application of the order or regulation.
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Permits 5 (1) The Minister may issue to any person in Canada or Canadian outside Canada a permit to carry out a specified activity or transaction, or any class of activity or transaction, that is restricted or prohibited by order or regulation made under section 4 . The permit may be subject to any terms and conditions that are, in the opinion of the Minister, consistent with this Act and any order or regulations made under section 4 . Suspension, revocation, etc. (2) The Minister may amend, suspend, revoke or reinstate the permit.
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Duration 6 An order or regulation made under section 4 in respect of a politically exposed foreign person ceases to have effect on the day that is five years after the day on which it comes into force unless the Governor in Council, by order, extends it for the period specified in the order. It may be extended more than once.
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Tabling of order 7 A copy of each order or regulation made under section 4 must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made. It may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.
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Determination 8 Each of the following entities must determine on a continuing basis whether it is in possession or control of property that they have reason to believe is the property of a politically exposed foreign person who is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 : (a) authorized foreign banks, as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act , in respect of their business in Canada or banks to which that Act applies; (b) cooperative credit societies, savings and credit unions and caisses populaires regulated by a provincial Act and associations regulated by the Cooperative Credit Associations Act ; (c) foreign companies, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Insurance Companies Act , in respect of their insurance business in Canada; (d) companies, provincial companies and societies, as those terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Insurance Companies Act ; (e) fraternal benefit societies regulated by a provincial Act in respect of their insurance activities and insurance companies and other entities engaged in the business of insuring risks that are regulated by a provincial Act; (f) companies to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies; (g) trust companies regulated by a provincial Act; (h) loan companies regulated by a provincial Act; (i) entities that engage in any activity described in paragraph 5(h) of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act if the activity involves the opening of an account for a client; (j) entities authorized under provincial legislation to engage in the business of dealing in securities or to provide portfolio management or investment counselling services; and (k) other entities of a prescribed class of entities.
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Report 9 (1) Every person in Canada and every Canadian outside Canada must, without delay, disclose to the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (a) the existence of property in their possession or control that they have reason to believe is the property of any politically exposed foreign person who is the subject of an order or regulation under section 4 ; and (b) information about a transaction or proposed transaction in respect of property referred to in paragraph (a). Immunity (2) No criminal or civil proceedings lie against a person for disclosure made in good faith under subsection (1).
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Offence and punishment 10 (1) Every person who wilfully contravenes an order or regulation made under section 4 (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to a fine of not more than $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both. Offence and punishment (2) Every person who wilfully contravenes section 8 or 9 (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to a fine of not more than $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both.
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Proceedings 11 (1) Any proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act may be tried and determined by the court having jurisdiction at the place in Canada where the offence was committed or at the place in Canada in which the person charged with the offence is, resides or has an office or place of business at the time of commencement of the proceedings. Proceedings if Canadians outside Canada (2) If a Canadian is alleged to have committed, outside Canada, an offence under this Act, any proceedings in respect of that offence may, whether or not that person is in Canada, be commenced in any territorial division in Canada and the accused may be tried and punished in respect of that offence in the same manner as if the offence had been committed in that territorial division. Appearance (3) For greater certainty, the provisions of the Criminal Code relating to requirements that an accused appear at and be present during proceedings and the exception to those requirements apply to proceedings commenced under subsection (2) in any territorial division.
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Consent of Attorney General required 12 Proceedings with respect to an offence under this Act may be commenced only with the consent of the Attorney General of Canada.
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Application 13 (1) A person who is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 may apply in writing to the Minister to cease being the subject of the order or regulation on the grounds that the person is not a politically exposed foreign person. Recommendation (2) If the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant is not a politically exposed foreign person, the Minister must recommend to the Governor in Council that the order or regulation be amended or repealed, as the case may be, so that the applicant is no longer the subject of the order or regulation. Notice if application rejected (3) The Minister must give notice without delay to the applicant of any decision to reject the application.
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Mistaken identity 14 (1) A person claiming not to be a politically exposed foreign person may apply to the Minister in writing for a certificate stating that they are not a politically exposed foreign person who is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 . Certificate — ​time frame (2) If the Minister determines that the person is not a politically exposed foreign person, the Minister must issue a certificate to the applicant as soon as feasible.
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Reasonable expenses 15 (1) A person who is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 may apply to the Minister in writing for a certificate to exempt property from the application of the order or regulation if the property is necessary to meet the reasonable expenses of the person and their dependants. Certificate — time frame (2) If the Minister determines that the property is necessary to meet the reasonable expenses of the applicant and their dependants, the Minister must issue a certificate to the applicant as soon as feasible.
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No civil liability 16 A person who, in relation to any property that is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 , acts reasonably in taking, or omitting to take, measures to comply with the order or regulation is not liable in any civil action arising from having taken or omitted to take the measures if they took all reasonable steps to satisfy themselves that the property was property that is the subject of the order or regulation.
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Existing equities maintained 17 All secured and unsecured rights and interests in any property that is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 that are held by a person, other than the politically exposed foreign person who is the subject of the order or regulation, are entitled to the same ranking that they would have been entitled to had the order or regulation not been made.
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Proceedings not precluded 18 The making of an order or regulation under section 4 does not preclude the commencement of proceedings under any Act of Parliament other than this Act, or any civil proceedings, in respect of any property that is subject of the order or regulation.
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Regulations 19 The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act, including regulations prescribing anything that by this Act is to be prescribed.
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Review 20 (1) Within five years after this section comes into force, a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act and of the Special Economic Measures Act must be undertaken by such committee of the Senate and of the House of Commons as may be designated or established by the Senate and the House of Commons for that purpose. Report (2) The committees referred to in subsection (1) must, within a year after a review is undertaken pursuant to that subsection or within such further time as may be authorized by the Senate or the House of Commons, as the case may be, submit a report on the review to Parliament, including a statement of any changes that the committees recommend.
Fruit and Vegetable Customs Orders Validation Act — F-31.7
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Fruit and Vegetable Customs Orders Validation Act .
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Validation of orders 2 Notwithstanding any other Act, orders made in respect of imported fresh fruits and vegetables pursuant to paragraph 15(1)(a) of the Customs Tariff between January 1, 1972 and January 10, 1985 are declared to have been validly made and any customs duties collected on such fruits and vegetables pursuant to those orders are declared to have been validly collected.
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Remission of duties 3 Customs duties imposed between June 28, 1984 and January 10, 1985 on imported fresh fruits and vegetables by orders made pursuant to paragraph 15(1)(a) of the Customs Tariff and not collected are hereby remitted.
An Act respecting the provision of funding for diagnostic and medical equipment — F-32.5 1
Payment — equipment and services 1 (1) For the purpose of giving effect to the 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care, the Minister of Finance may, for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2004, make direct payments, in an aggregate of $500 million, to the provinces for the purposes of acquiring diagnostic and medical equipment and related specialized staff training in order to improve access to and reduce wait times for publicly funded diagnostic and treatment services. Provincial share (2) The amount payable to a province for the fiscal year shall be determined by multiplying the amount referred to in subsection (1) by the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the population of the province for the fiscal year by (b) the total population of all provinces for the fiscal year. Determination of population (3) For the purposes of this Act, the population of a province for the fiscal year shall be determined by the Chief Statistician of Canada on the basis of Statistics Canada’s official estimate of the population of that province on June 1, 2004. Payments out of C.R.F. (4) Any amount payable under this Act may be paid by the Minister out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund at the times and in the manner that the Minister considers appropriate.
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Communiqués 2 For greater certainty and for the purposes of this Act, the 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care includes the communiqués released in respect of the First Ministers’ Meeting on the Future of Health Care that was held from September 13 to 15, 2004.
Farm Products Agencies Act — F-4 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Farm Products Agencies Act . R.S., 1985, c. F-4, s. 1; 1993, c. 3, s. 2
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or condition thereof is not complied with, and (f) the imposition and collection by the appropriate agency of levies or charges from persons engaged in the growing or production of the regulated product or the marketing thereof and for such purposes classifying those persons into groups and specifying the levies or charges, if any, payable by the members of each group; ( plan de commercialisation ) Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; ( ministre ) promotion and research plan means a plan respecting the promotion of the marketing or production of any regulated product for the purposes of interprovincial, export or import trade and respecting research activities related to the regulated product that includes provision for all or any of the following: (a) the determination of those persons engaged in the growing, production, processing or importation of the regulated product for interprovincial, export or import trade and the exemption from the plan or any aspect thereof of any class of persons so engaged, (b) the specification of those acts that constitute the marketing of the regulated product and of those persons engaged in its marketing, as so specified, in interprovincial or export trade, and for the exemption from the plan or any aspect thereof of any class of persons so engaged, and (c) the imposition, collection and refunding by the appropriate agency of levies or charges from persons engaged in the growing, production or importation of the regulated product or the marketing thereof and for such purposes classifying those persons into groups and specifying the levies or charges, if any, payable by the members of each group; ( plan de promotion et de recherche ) promotion-research agency means an agency established pursuant to section 39; ( office de promotion et de recherche ) regulated product means (a) for the purpose of Part II, any farm product grown or produced (i) anywhere in Canada, if a marketing agency is authorized to exercise its powers in relation to any such product grown or produced in Canada, or (ii) in any region of Canada designated in the proclamation that authorizes a marketing agency to exercise its powers in relation to any such product grown or produced in that region, or in any such region and anywhere in Canada outside that region for shipment into that region in interprovincial trade and not for export where the proclamation that authorizes the marketing agency to exercise its powers in relation to such product so provides, and (b) for the purpose of Part III, any farm product in relation to which a promotion-research agency is authorized to exercise its powers in interprovincial, export or import trade as specified in the proclamation that authorizes the agency to exercise its powers in relation to such product; ( produit réglementé ) research includes development. ( recherche ) R.S., 1985, c. F-4, s. 2; 1993, c. 3, ss. 3, 13(F); 1994, c. 38, s. 25
Farm Products Agencies Act — F-4 (a)
agency means (a) for the purpose of Part I, a marketing agency or a promotion-research agency, (b) for the purpose of Part II, a marketing agency, and (c) for the purpose of Part III, a promotion-research agency; ( office )
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Council means the National Farm Products Council established by section 3; ( Conseil )
Farm Products Agencies Act — F-4 (a)
farm product means (a) for the purpose of Part I, any natural product of agriculture, whether processed or unprocessed, and any part of any such product, (b) for the purpose of Part II, (i) eggs and poultry, and any part of any such product, and (ii) any other natural product of agriculture and any part of any such product in respect of which the Governor in Council is satisfied, as a result of declarations by provincial governments following plebiscites, or otherwise, that the majority of the producers thereof in Canada is in favour of the establishment of a marketing agency with powers relating to that product, and (c) for the purpose of Part III, any natural product of agriculture, whether processed or unprocessed, and any part of any such product; ( produit agricole ou produit de ferme )
Farm Products Agencies Act — F-4
marketing , in relation to any farm product that is not a regulated product, includes selling and offering for sale and buying, pricing, assembling, packing, processing, transporting, storing and any other act necessary to prepare the product in a form or to make it available at a place and time for purchase for consumption or use and, in relation to a regulated product, includes only such of the above acts as are specified in the marketing plan or promotion and research plan, as the case may be, relating to the regulated product; ( commercialisation )
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marketing agency means an agency established pursuant to subsection 16(1); ( office de commercialisation )
Farm Products Agencies Act — F-4 (a)
marketing plan means a plan relating to the promotion, regulation and control of the marketing of any regulated product in interprovincial or export trade that includes provision for all or any of the following: (a) the determination of those persons engaged in the growing or production of the regulated product for interprovincial or export trade and the exemption of any class of persons so engaged from the marketing plan or any aspect thereof, (b) the specification of those acts that constitute the marketing of the regulated product and of those persons engaged in its marketing, as so specified, in interprovincial or export trade, and for the exemption of any class of persons so engaged from the marketing plan or any aspect thereof, (c) the marketing of the regulated product on a basis that enables the agency that is implementing the plan to fix and determine the quantity, if any, in which the regulated product or any variety, class or grade thereof may be marketed in interprovincial or export trade by each person engaged in the marketing thereof and by all persons so engaged, and the price, time and place at which the regulated product or any variety, class or grade thereof may be so marketed, (d) the pooling of receipts from the marketing of the regulated product or any variety, class or grade thereof in interprovincial or export trade and the operation of pool accounts including provision for a system of initial, interim and final payments to producers and deduction from the pool of the expenses of the operation thereof, (e) a system for the licensing of persons engaged in the growing or production of the regulated product for, or the marketing thereof in, interprovincial or export trade, including provision for fees, other than fees related to the right to grow the regulated product, payable to the appropriate agency by any such person in respect of any licence issued to such person and for the cancellation or suspension of any such licence where a term or condition thereof is not complied with, and (f) the imposition and collection by the appropriate agency of levies or charges from persons engaged in the growing or production of the regulated product or the marketing thereof and for such purposes classifying those persons into groups and specifying the levies or charges, if any, payable by the members of each group; ( plan de commercialisation )
Farm Products Agencies Act — F-4
Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; ( ministre )