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Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 15
Presumption — offence outside Canada 15 (1) In a proceeding for a contravention of section 3, a foreign publisher who commits an act outside Canada that, if committed in Canada, would be an offence under that section is deemed to commit that act in Canada. Jurisdiction (2) Proceedings for an offence that is deemed to have been committed in Canada may, whether or not the foreign publisher is in Canada, be commenced in any territorial division in Canada and the foreign publisher may be tried and punished for that offence in the same manner as if the offence had been committed in that territorial division. Appearance of accused at trial (3) For greater certainty, in a proceeding commenced in any territorial division under subsection (2), the provisions of the Criminal Code relating to requirements that an accused appear at and be present during proceedings and any exceptions to those requirements apply.
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 16
Limitation period 16 A prosecution for a summary conviction offence under this Act may not be instituted more than one year after the offence was committed.
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 17
Recovery of fines by civil judgment 17 The conviction for an offence under this Act of a person who does not, when required, pay a fine imposed in relation to that offence may be filed by the prosecutor in the superior court of the province in which the trial was held. When so filed, the conviction is entered as a judgment for a debt in the amount of the fine and costs, if any, and is enforceable against the person in the same manner as if it were a judgment obtained by Her Majesty in right of Canada against the person in that court in civil proceedings.
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 18
Certificates and reports 18 (1) In a proceeding under this Act, a report of an investigator appearing to have been signed by the investigator or a certificate, as the case may be, is admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed it and is evidence of the matters asserted in it. Copies or extracts (2) In a proceeding under this Act, a copy of or an extract from any book, record, electronic data or document, made by an investigator under this Act and appearing to have been certified under the investigator’s signature as a true copy or extract, is admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the copy or extract and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, has the same probative force as the original would have if it were proved in the ordinary way.
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 19
Presumption of advertising services for Canadian advertiser 19 In a prosecution against a foreign publisher for an offence under section 3, proof that advertising content bears the name, trade-name or trademark of a Canadian advertiser or an address or a telephone number that appears to be that of a Canadian advertiser is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that advertising services were supplied by the foreign publisher to the Canadian advertiser or to a person acting on their behalf. 1999, c. 23, s. 19 2014, c. 20, s. 366(E)
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 20
Regulations 20 The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act, including regulations respecting (a) qualifications for investigators; (b) how investigations are to be conducted; and (c) criteria to determine whether advertising services are directed at the Canadian market.
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 20.1
Regulations defining certain expressions 20.1 The Governor in Council may make regulations defining, for the purpose of section 21.1, the expressions “revenues generated by supply of advertising services directed at the Canadian market” and “revenues generated by the total supply of advertising services”.
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 21
Exception — extent of grandfathering 21 This Act does not apply so as to prevent a foreign publisher who lawfully supplied advertising services directed at the Canadian market by means of a periodical during the year before the day on which this Act was introduced in the House of Commons from continuing to supply advertising services directed at the Canadian market by means of that periodical.
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 21.1
Exception — percentage of permitted advertising revenue 21.1 This Act does not apply to a foreign publisher who supplies advertising services directed at the Canadian market by means of an issue of a periodical, if the revenues generated by the supply of advertising services directed at the Canadian market represent, in comparison to the revenues generated by the total supply of advertising services, by means of any of those issues (a) during the period of 18 months beginning on the day on which this Act comes into force, not more than 12 per cent; (b) during the period of 18 months immediately following the period referred to in paragraph (a), not more than 15 per cent; and (c) after the period referred to in paragraph (b), not more than 18 per cent.
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 21.2
Exception — paragraph 15(a) Investment Canada Act 21.2 (1) This Act does not apply to a foreign publisher who, after the coming into force of this Act, makes an investment in periodical publishing that has been prescribed under paragraph 15(a) of the Investment Canada Act as a specific type of business activity related to Canada’s cultural heritage or national identity and that has been reviewed under Part IV of that Act by the Minister responsible for it and for which that Minister is satisfied or is deemed to have been satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. When no exception (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a foreign publisher referred to in that subsection who is subject to an order made under paragraph 40(2)(e) or (f) of the Investment Canada Act . Exception tied to investment (3) This Act applies to a foreign publisher referred to in subsection (1), other than in relation to the foreign publisher’s investment referred to in that subsection.
Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act — F-29.6 Order in Council
Order in Council * 22 This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. * [Note: Act in force July 1, 1999, see SI/99-72.]
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act . 1984, c. 49, s. 1
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, antitrust law means a law of a foreign jurisdiction of a kind commonly known as an antitrust law, and includes a law having directly or indirectly as a purpose the preservation or enhancement of competition between business enterprises or the prevention or repression of monopolies or restrictive practices in trade or commerce; ( loi antitrust ) foreign state means a country other than Canada, and includes (a) any political subdivision of the foreign state, (b) the government, and any department, of the foreign state or of a political subdivision thereof, and (c) any agency of the foreign state or of a political subdivision thereof; ( État étranger ) foreign trade law means a law of a foreign jurisdiction that directly or indirectly affects or is likely to affect trade or commerce between (a) Canada, a province, a Canadian citizen or a resident of Canada, a corporation incorporated by or under a law of Canada or a province or a person carrying on business in Canada, and (b) any person or foreign state; ( loi commerciale étrangère ) foreign tribunal means a tribunal of a foreign state or of an organization of states; ( tribunal étranger ) judgment includes a decree or order; ( jugement ) record includes any correspondence, memorandum, book, plan, map, drawing, diagram, pictorial or graphic work, photograph, film, microform, sound recording, videotape, machine readable record, and any other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, and any copy or portion thereof; ( document ) tribunal includes any court, body, authority or person having authority to take or receive information, whether on its or his behalf or on behalf of any other court, body, authority or person. ( tribunal ) R.S., 1985, c. F-29, s. 2; 1996, c. 28, s. 2
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29
antitrust law means a law of a foreign jurisdiction of a kind commonly known as an antitrust law, and includes a law having directly or indirectly as a purpose the preservation or enhancement of competition between business enterprises or the prevention or repression of monopolies or restrictive practices in trade or commerce; ( loi antitrust )
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 (a)
foreign state means a country other than Canada, and includes (a) any political subdivision of the foreign state, (b) the government, and any department, of the foreign state or of a political subdivision thereof, and (c) any agency of the foreign state or of a political subdivision thereof; ( État étranger )
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 (a)
foreign trade law means a law of a foreign jurisdiction that directly or indirectly affects or is likely to affect trade or commerce between (a) Canada, a province, a Canadian citizen or a resident of Canada, a corporation incorporated by or under a law of Canada or a province or a person carrying on business in Canada, and (b) any person or foreign state; ( loi commerciale étrangère )
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29
foreign tribunal means a tribunal of a foreign state or of an organization of states; ( tribunal étranger )
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29
judgment includes a decree or order; ( jugement )
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29
record includes any correspondence, memorandum, book, plan, map, drawing, diagram, pictorial or graphic work, photograph, film, microform, sound recording, videotape, machine readable record, and any other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, and any copy or portion thereof; ( document )
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29
tribunal includes any court, body, authority or person having authority to take or receive information, whether on its or his behalf or on behalf of any other court, body, authority or person. ( tribunal )
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 2.1
Power of Attorney General 2.1 The Attorney General of Canada may, with the concurrence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, by order, amend the schedule (a) by adding the name of a foreign trade law or a reference to any provision of a foreign trade law if the Attorney General of Canada is of the opinion that that law or provision is contrary to international law or international comity; or (b) by removing a name or reference to any provision set out in the schedule if the Attorney General of Canada is of the opinion that it is appropriate to do so. 1996, c. 28, s. 3
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 3
Orders of Attorney General relating to production of records and giving of information 3 (1) Where, in the opinion of the Attorney General of Canada, a foreign tribunal has exercised, is exercising or is proposing or likely to exercise jurisdiction or powers of a kind or in a manner that has adversely affected or is likely to adversely affect significant Canadian interests in relation to international trade or commerce involving a business carried on in whole or in part in Canada or that otherwise has infringed or is likely to infringe Canadian sovereignty, or jurisdiction or powers that is or are related to the enforcement of a foreign trade law or a provision of a foreign trade law set out in the schedule, the Attorney General of Canada may, by order, prohibit or restrict (a) the production before or the disclosure or identification to, or for the purposes of, a foreign tribunal of records that, at any time while the order is in force, are in Canada or are in the possession or under the control of a Canadian citizen or a person resident in Canada; (b) the doing of any act in Canada, in relation to records that, at any time while the order is in force, are in Canada or are in the possession or under the control of a Canadian citizen or a person resident in Canada, that will, or is likely to, result in the records, or information as to the contents of the records or from which the records might be identified, being produced before or disclosed or identified to, or for the purposes of, a foreign tribunal; and (c) the giving by a person, at a time when that person is a Canadian citizen or a resident of Canada, of information before, or for the purposes of, a foreign tribunal in relation to, or in relation to the contents or identification of, records that, at any time while the order is in force, are or were in Canada or under the control of a Canadian citizen or a person resident in Canada. Restriction in relation to tribunals in Canada (2) Where production before or disclosure or identification to, or for the purposes of, a foreign tribunal of a record and the giving by a person of information before, or for the purposes of, a foreign tribunal in relation to, or in relation to the contents or identification of, a record is prohibited or restricted by an order made under subsection (1), a tribunal in Canada shall not, for the purposes of proceedings before the foreign tribunal, (a) where the order is in the nature of a prohibition, receive the record or information; or (b) where the order is in the nature of a restriction, receive the record or information if, as a result of so doing, the order may be contravened. Form of orders (3) An order made under this section may (a) be directed to a particular person or to a class of persons; (b) relate to a particular foreign tribunal or to a class of foreign tribunals; and (c) relate to a particular record or to a class of records. R.S., 1985, c. F-29, s. 3; 1996, c. 28, s. 4
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 4
Seizure of records for safe-keeping 4 Where, on an application by or on behalf of the Attorney General of Canada, a superior court is satisfied that an order made under section 3 may not be complied with in relation to some or all of the records in Canada to which it relates, the court may issue a warrant authorizing a person named therein or a peace officer to seize those records and to deliver them to the court or a person designated by the court for safe-keeping while the order remains in force, on such terms as to access to the records or return of all or any of the records as are fixed by the court having regard to the object to which the order is directed. 1984, c. 49, s. 4
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 5
Orders of Attorney General relating to measures of a foreign state or foreign tribunal 5 (1) Where, in the opinion of the Attorney General of Canada, a foreign state or foreign tribunal has taken or is proposing or is likely to take measures affecting international trade or commerce of a kind or in a manner that has adversely affected or is likely to adversely affect significant Canadian interests in relation to international trade or commerce involving business carried on in whole or in part in Canada or that otherwise has infringed or is likely to infringe Canadian sovereignty, the Attorney General of Canada may, with the concurrence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, by order, (a) require any person in Canada to give notice to him of such measures, or of any directives, instructions, intimations of policy or other communications relating to such measures from a person who is in a position to direct or influence the policies of the person in Canada; or (b) prohibit any person in Canada from complying with such measures, or with any directives, instructions, intimations of policy or other communications relating to such measures from a person who is in a position to direct or influence the policies of the person in Canada. Measures (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), measures taken or to be taken by a foreign state or foreign tribunal include laws, judgments and rulings made or to be made by the foreign state or foreign tribunal and directives, instructions, intimations of policy and other communications issued by or to be issued by the foreign state or foreign tribunal. Form of orders (3) An order made under this section may be directed to a particular person or to a class of persons. R.S., 1985, c. F-29, s. 5; 1995, c. 5, s. 25; 1996, c. 28, s. 5(F); 1997, c. 18, s. 127(F)
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 6
Service 6 (1) An order made under section 3 or 5 (a) may be served on a person, other than a corporation, to whom it is directed by delivering it personally to him or, if that person cannot conveniently be found, by leaving it for him at his latest known address with any person found therein who appears to be at least sixteen years of age; or (b) may be served on a corporation to which it is directed by delivering it personally to the manager, secretary or other executive officer of the corporation or of a branch thereof. Idem (2) Where, on an application by or on behalf of the Attorney General of Canada, a superior court is satisfied that an order made under section 3 or 5 that is directed to a class of persons cannot reasonably be served in the manner described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) on all or any of the persons included in the class, the court may, by order, authorize service of the order on those persons in such other manner as it considers appropriate. Idem (3) An order varying or revoking an order made under section 3 or 5 may be served on the person to whom it is directed in any manner in which the order could have been served on that person. 1984, c. 49, s. 6
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 7
Offence and punishment 7 (1) Every person who contravenes an order made under section 3 or 5 that is directed to the person and that has been served on the person in accordance with section 6 is guilty of an offence and liable (a) on conviction on indictment, (i) in the case of a corporation, to a fine not exceeding $1,500,000, and (ii) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $150,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both; or (b) on summary conviction, (i) in the case of a corporation, to a fine not exceeding $150,000, and (ii) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both. Offence outside Canada (2) A contravention of an order made under paragraph 3(1)(a) or (c) or 5(1)(a) or (b) that would be punishable as an offence under subsection (1) if committed in Canada is, if committed outside Canada, an offence under this Act that may be tried and punished in Canada as if it were committed in Canada, and proceedings in respect of such an offence may be instituted, tried and determined at any place in Canada. Consent to prosecution required (3) No proceedings with respect to an offence under this Act may be instituted without the consent of the Attorney General of Canada. Factors to take into account (4) In taking into account the circumstances of the offence when determining the sentence for an offence referred to in subsection (1), the court shall have regard, among other things, to the degree of premeditation in its commission, the size, scale and nature of the offender’s operations and whether any economic benefits have, directly or indirectly, accrued to the offender as a result of having committed the offence. R.S., 1985, c. F-29, s. 7; 1996, c. 28, s. 6
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 7.1
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 7.1 Any judgment given under the law of the United States entitled Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 shall not be recognized or enforceable in any manner in Canada. 1996, c. 28, s. 7
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 8.1
Judgments satisfied outside Canada 8.1 Where an order may not be made under section 8 in respect of a judgment because the judgment has been satisfied outside Canada, or where a judgment has been given under the law of the United States entitled Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 , the Attorney General of Canada may, on application by a party against whom the judgment was given who is a Canadian citizen, a resident of Canada, a corporation incorporated by or under a law of Canada or a province or a person carrying on business in Canada, by order, declare that that party may recover, under the provisions of section 9 that the Attorney General identifies, any or all amounts obtained from that party under the judgment, expenses incurred by that party, or loss or damage suffered by that party. 1996, c. 28, s. 7; 2001, c. 4, s. 86(F)
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 10
Tabling 10 An order made under section 2.1, 3, 5, 8 or 8.1 shall be laid before each House of Parliament within fifteen sitting days after it is made. R.S., 1985, c. F-29, s. 10; 1996, c. 28, s. 7
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act — F-29 11
Coming into force 11 This Act shall come into force on February 14, 1985. 1984, c. 49, s. 11
Farm Income Protection Act — F-3.3
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Farm Income Protection Act — F-3.3 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Farm Income Protection Act .
Farm Income Protection Act — F-3.3 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, agreement , unless the context indicates otherwise, means an agreement entered into under subsection 4(1); ( accord ) agricultural product means (a) an animal, a plant or an animal or plant product, or (b) a product, including any food or drink, that is wholly or partly derived from an animal or a plant; ( produit agricole ) crop insurance program means a program for the insurance of specified agricultural products against loss from natural causes that is established by the laws of a province and administered by the province; ( assurance-récolte ) financial institution has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Bank Act ; ( institution financière ) gross revenue insurance program means a program that combines the protection offered by a crop insurance program and the protection offered by a revenue insurance program; ( régime universel ) Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; ( ministre ) net income stabilization account program means a program under which (a) a participating producer elects to contribute to an account established pursuant to an agreement and to which Canada and the provinces that are parties to the agreement contribute, and (b) that enables payments to be made to that producer from that account on terms and conditions set out in the agreement; ( programme compte de stabilisation du revenu net ou programme ) prescribed means prescribed by regulation made by the Governor in Council; ( Version anglaise seulement ) revenue insurance program means a program that is designed to insure a portion of the value of an eligible agricultural product produced or marketed by a producer participating in the program; ( assurance-revenu ) reinsurance agreement means that part of an agreement respecting the reinsurance of a portion of a liability for the payment of indemnities under a crop insurance program or a gross revenue insurance program. ( accord de réassurance ) 1991, c. 22, s. 2; 1994, c. 38, s. 25; 2007, c. 35, s. 154
Farm Income Protection Act — F-3.3
agreement , unless the context indicates otherwise, means an agreement entered into under subsection 4(1); ( accord )
Farm Income Protection Act — F-3.3 (a)
agricultural product means (a) an animal, a plant or an animal or plant product, or (b) a product, including any food or drink, that is wholly or partly derived from an animal or a plant; ( produit agricole )