Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2025) — 2
Amnesty 2 (1) The amnesty period set out in subsection (3) is declared under section 117.14 of the Criminal Code for (a) a person who (i) on the day on which this Order comes into force, owns or possesses a specified firearm and holds a licence that was issued under the Firearms Act , (ii) at any time during the amnesty period, is in possession of the specified firearm, (iii) during the amnesty period, continues to hold the licence while in possession of the specified firearm, and (iv) if the specified firearm was, on the day before the day on which this Order comes into force, a restricted firearm, (A) held on that day a registration certificate for the specified firearm that was issued under the Firearms Act , or (B) is issued, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force, a registration certificate for the specified firearm that they would have been eligible to hold under section 13 of the Firearms Act had the firearm remained a restricted firearm; (b) a person who (i) on the day on which this Order comes into force, holds a licence that was issued under the Firearms Act , (ii) on or before the day on which this Order comes into force, entered into an agreement for the transfer , as defined in section 21 of the Firearms Act , to them of a specified firearm that was, immediately before the day on which this Order comes into force, a restricted firearm, (iii) on or after the day on which this Order comes into force, is issued a registration certificate for the specified firearm that they would have been eligible to hold under section 13 of the Firearms Act had the firearm remained a restricted firearm, (iv) at any time during the amnesty period, is in possession of the specified firearm, and (v) during the amnesty period, continues to hold the licence while in possession of the specified firearm; (c) a person who (i) at any time during the amnesty period, is in possession of a specified firearm for the sole purpose of storing it on behalf of an owner who is a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), if storage by them is a condition of that owner’s licence, and (ii) holds a licence that was issued under the Firearms Act that would have permitted them to possess the specified firearm according to its classification on the day before the day on which this Order comes into force; (d) a person who (i) at any time during the amnesty period, is, for the sole purpose of carrying out a repair or adjustment referred to in subparagraph (2)(c)(i), in temporary possession of a specified firearm referred to in that subparagraph that is owned by a person referred to in paragraph (a), and (ii) holds a licence that was issued under the Firearms Act that would have permitted them to possess the specified firearm according to its classification on the day before the day on which this Order comes into force; (e) a person who (i) at any time during the amnesty period, is in possession of a specified firearm for the sole purpose of destroying it, and (ii) has entered into an agreement with the Government of Canada to destroy specified firearms or is acting in the course of their duties, including as an employee or an agent or mandatary, on behalf of a person who has entered into such an agreement; (f) a person who (i) at any time during the amnesty period, is in possession of a specified firearm for the sole purpose of delivering it to a person referred to in paragraph (e) to be destroyed, and (ii) is (A) an organization, within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition organization in section 2 of the Criminal Code , that is authorized under an Act of Parliament to transport firearms, or (B) an employee, a contractor or an agent or mandatary of such an organization — or a subcontractor engaged by such a contractor — if they are acting 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 paragr