Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act — P-24.501 2
Definitions 2 (1) The definitions in this section apply in this Act. acquirer means an entity that connects a private automated banking machine to a payment card network , as defined in section 3 of the Payment Card Networks Act , to facilitate transactions. ( acquéreur ) authorized person means a person who is authorized under subsection 45(2). ( personne autorisée ) Centre means the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada established by section 41. ( Centre ) client includes a person or entity that engages in a financial transaction with another person or entity. ( client ) Commissioner [Repealed, 2005, c. 38, s. 124] compliance order violation means a violation referred to in subsection 73.18(1). ( violation d’un ordre de conformité ) courier [Repealed, 2017, c. 20, s. 407] customs office has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act . ( bureau de douane ) entity means a body corporate, a trust, a partnership, a fund or an unincorporated association or organization. ( entité ) Financial Action Task Force means the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering established in 1989. ( Groupe d’action financière ) foreign state , except for the purposes of Part 2, means a country other than Canada and includes any political subdivision or territory of a foreign state. ( État étranger ) legal counsel means, in Quebec, an advocate or a notary and, in any other province, a barrister or solicitor. ( conseiller juridique ) legal firm means an entity that is engaged in the business of providing legal services to the public. ( cabinet juridique ) mail has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Post Corporation Act . ( envois ou courrier ) Minister means, in relation to sections 24.1 to 39 and 39.13 to 39.39, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and, in relation to any other provision of this Act, the Minister of Finance. ( ministre ) money laundering offence means an offence under subsection 462.31(1) or (2.1) of the Criminal Code . ( infraction de recyclage des produits de la criminalité ) officer [Repealed, 2014, c. 20, s. 254] person means an individual. ( personne ) prescribed means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council. ( Version anglaise seulement ) prescribed violation means a violation referred to in section 73.13. ( violation réglementaire ) President means the President of the Canada Border Services Agency appointed under subsection 7 (1) of the Canada Border Services Agency Act . ( président ) private automated banking machine means any automated banking machine that is not owned or operated by a bank as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act , by an association regulated by the Cooperative Credit Associations Act or by a cooperative credit society, a savings and credit union or a caisse populaire regulated by a provincial Act. ( guichet automatique privé ) sanctions evasion offence means an offence arising from the contravention of a restriction or prohibition established by an order or regulation made under the United Nations Act , under Part 1 of the Special Economic Measures Act or under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) . ( infraction de contournement de sanctions ) terrorist activity has the same meaning as in subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code . ( activité terroriste ) terrorist activity financing offence means an offence under section 83.02, 83.03 or 83.04 of the Criminal Code or an offence under section 83.12 of the Criminal Code arising out of a contravention of section 83.08 of that Act. ( infraction de financement des activités terroristes ) threats to the security of Canada has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act . ( menaces envers la sécurité du Canada ) violation [Repealed, 2026, c. 4, s. 76] Definitions — regulations (2) The Governor in Council may make regulations defining the following words and expressions: (a) courier