Criminal Code — C-46 84
Definitions 84 (1) In this Part, ammunition means a cartridge containing a projectile designed to be discharged from a firearm and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes a caseless cartridge and a shot shell; ( munitions ) antique firearm means (a) any firearm manufactured before 1898 that was not designed to discharge rim-fire or centre-fire ammunition and that has not been redesigned to discharge such ammunition, or (b) any firearm that is prescribed to be an antique firearm; ( arme à feu historique ) authorization means an authorization issued under the Firearms Act ; ( autorisation ) automatic firearm means a firearm that is capable of, or assembled or designed and manufactured with the capability of, discharging projectiles in rapid succession during one pressure of the trigger; ( arme automatique ) cartridge magazine means a device or container from which ammunition may be fed into the firing chamber of a firearm; ( chargeur ) chief firearms officer means a chief firearms officer as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Firearms Act ; ( contrôleur des armes à feu ) Commissioner of Firearms means the Commissioner of Firearms appointed under section 81.1 of the Firearms Act ; ( commissaire aux armes à feu ) cross-bow means a device with a bow and a bowstring mounted on a stock that is designed to propel an arrow, a bolt, a quarrel or any similar projectile on a trajectory guided by a barrel or groove and that is capable of causing serious bodily injury or death to a person; ( arbalète ) export means export from Canada and, for greater certainty, includes the exportation of goods from Canada that are imported into Canada and shipped in transit through Canada; ( exporter ) firearm part means a barrel for a firearm, a slide for a handgun and any other prescribed part, but does not include, unless otherwise prescribed, a barrel for a firearm or a slide for a handgun if that barrel or slide is designed exclusively for use on a firearm that is deemed under subsection 84(3) not to be a firearm; ( pièce d’arme à feu ) firearms officer means a firearms officer as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Firearms Act ; ( préposé aux armes à feu ) handgun means a firearm that is designed, altered or intended to be aimed and fired by the action of one hand, whether or not it has been redesigned or subsequently altered to be aimed and fired by the action of both hands; ( arme de poing ) imitation firearm means any thing that imitates a firearm, and includes a replica firearm; ( fausse arme à feu ) import means import into Canada and, for greater certainty, includes the importation of goods into Canada that are shipped in transit through Canada and exported from Canada; ( importer ) licence means a licence issued under the Firearms Act ; ( permis ) non-restricted firearm means a firearm that is neither a prohibited firearm nor a restricted firearm; ( arme à feu sans restriction ) prescribed means prescribed by the regulations; ( Version anglaise seulement ) prohibited ammunition means ammunition, or a projectile of any kind, that is prescribed to be prohibited ammunition; ( munitions prohibées ) prohibited device means (a) any component or part of a weapon, or any accessory for use with a weapon, that is prescribed to be a prohibited device, (b) a handgun barrel that is equal to or less than 105 mm in length, but does not include any such handgun barrel that is prescribed, where the handgun barrel is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union, (c) a device or contrivance designed or intended to muffle or stop the sound or report of a firearm, (d) a cartridge magazine that is prescribed to be a prohibited device, or (e) a replica firearm; ( dispositif prohibé ) prohibited firearm means (a) a handgun that (i) has a barrel equal to or less than 105 mm in length, or (ii) is designed or adapted to discharge a 25 or 32 calibre cartridge, but does not include any such h