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Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 15
Diversion, etc. 15 (1) Subject to subsection (2), and except with the authority in writing of the Minister, no person shall knowingly do anything in Canada that causes or assists or is intended to cause or assist any shipment, transhipment, diversion or transfer of any goods or technology included in an Export Control List to be made, from Canada or any other place, to any country included in an Area Control List. Diversion, etc., of automatic firearms (2) No person shall knowingly do anything in Canada that causes or assists or is intended to cause or assist any shipment, transhipment or diversion of any thing referred to in any of paragraphs 4.1(a) to (c), or any component or part designed exclusively for assembly into such a thing, that is included in an Export Control List, from Canada or any other place, to any country that is not included in an Automatic Firearms Country Control List. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 15; 1991, c. 28, s. 4; 1995, c. 39, s. 173; 2004, c. 15, s. 60
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No transfer or unauthorized use of permits 16 No person or organization that is authorized under a permit issued under this Act to export or transfer goods or technology, to import goods or to broker shall transfer the permit to, or allow it to be used by, a person or organization that is not so authorized. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 16; 2004, c. 15, s. 61 2018, c. 26, s. 14
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 16.1
Transfers or unauthorized use 16.1 No person who has been issued an import allocation or an export allocation shall, without the consent of the Minister, transfer it or allow it to be used by another person. 1994, c. 47, s. 113; 2006, c. 13, s. 117
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False or misleading information, and misrepresentation 17 No person or organization shall knowingly furnish any false or misleading information or knowingly make any misrepresentation in any application for a permit, import allocation, export allocation, certificate or other authorization under this Act or for the purpose of procuring its issue or grant or in connection with any subsequent use of the permit, import allocation, export allocation, certificate or other authorization or the exportation, importation, brokering, transfer or disposition of goods or technology to which it relates. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 17; 1994, c. 47, s. 114; 2004, c. 15, s. 62; 2006, c. 13, ss. 117, 125 2018, c. 26, s. 15
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Aiding and abetting 18 No person or organization shall knowingly induce, aid or abet any person or organization to contravene any of the provisions of this Act or of the regulations. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 18 2018, c. 26, s. 15
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Offence and penalty 19 (1) Every person or organization that contravenes any provision of this Act or of the regulations is guilty of (a) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine not exceeding $250,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both; or (b) an indictable offence and liable to a fine in an amount that is in the discretion of the court or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or to both. Limitation period (2) A prosecution under paragraph (1)(a) may be instituted at any time within but not later than three years after the time when the subject-matter of the complaint arose. Consent of Attorney General (2.1) No proceedings for an offence in respect of the contravention of subsection 14.2(1) that is deemed to have been committed in Canada under subsection 14.2(3) may be commenced without the consent of the Attorney General of Canada. Factors to be considered when imposing sentence (3) If an offender is convicted or discharged under section 730 of the Criminal Code in respect of an offence under this Act, the court imposing a sentence on or discharging the offender shall, in addition to considering any other relevant factors, consider the nature and value of the exported or transferred goods or technology, or the imported goods, that are the subject-matter of the offence or, in the case of a contravention of subsection 14.2(1), the goods or technology to which the offence relates. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 19; 1991, c. 28, s. 5; 1995, c. 22, s. 18; 2004, c. 15, s. 63 2018, c. 26, s. 16
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Officers, etc., of organization 20 If an organization commits an offence under this Act, any officer or director of the organization that directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the offence is a party to and guilty of the offence and is liable on conviction to the punishment provided for the offence whether or not the organization has been prosecuted or convicted. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 20 2018, c. 26, s. 17
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 21
Applicant for permit for non-resident 21 If a permit, other than a brokering permit, is issued under this Act to a person who has applied for it for, on behalf of, or for the use of, another person who is not a resident of Canada and that other person commits an offence under this Act, the person who applied for the permit is, whether or not the non-resident has been prosecuted or convicted, guilty of the like offence and liable, on conviction, to the punishment provided for the offence, on proof that the act or omission constituting the offence took place with the knowledge or consent of the person who applied for the permit or that the person who applied for the permit failed to exercise due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 21 2018, c. 26, s. 17
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 22
Venue 22 (1) Any proceeding in respect of an offence under this Act may be instituted, tried or determined at the place in Canada where the offence was committed or at the place in Canada in which the accused is, resides or has an office or place of business at the time of institution of the proceedings. Proceedings respecting more than one offence (2) In any proceedings in respect of offences under this Act, (a) an information may include more than one offence committed by the same person or organization; (b) all the offences included in the information may be tried concurrently; (c) one conviction for any or all offences so included may be made; and (d) no information, warrant, summons, conviction or other proceedings for those offences shall be deemed objectionable on the ground that it relates to two or more offences. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 22 2018, c. 26, s. 18
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 23
Evidence 23 (1) The original or a copy of a bill of lading, customs form, commercial invoice or other document, in this section called a shipping document , is admissible in evidence in any prosecution under this Act in respect of goods or technology if it appears from the shipping document that (a) the goods or technology was sent, shipped or transferred from Canada or the goods came into Canada; (b) a person, as shipper, consignor or consignee, sent, shipped or transferred the goods or technology from Canada or brought the goods into Canada; or (c) the goods or technology was sent, shipped or transferred to a destination or person other than as authorized in the export permit relating to the goods or technology or the import permit relating to the goods. Proof of the facts (2) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a shipping document that is admissible in evidence under subsection (1) is proof of any of the facts set out in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) that appear from the shipping document. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 23; 2004, c. 15, s. 64
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 23.1
Evidence — Brokering Control List 23.1 (1) The original or a copy of a bill of lading, customs form, commercial invoice or other document is admissible in evidence in any prosecution under this Act in respect of any goods or technology included in a Brokering Control List if it appears from the document that (a) the goods or technology was sent or shipped from a foreign country or the goods or technology was destined for a foreign country; (b) a person or organization, as shipper, consignor or consignee, sent or shipped the goods or technology from a foreign country or brought the goods or technology into foreign country; or (c) the goods or technology were sent or shipped to a destination or to a person or organization other than as authorized in the brokering permit relating to the goods or technology. Proof of the facts (2) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a document that is admissible in evidence under subsection (1) is proof of any of the facts set out in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) that appear from the document. 2018, c. 26, s. 19
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 24
Customs officers’ duties 24 All officers, as defined in the Customs Act , before permitting the export or transfer of any goods or technology or the import of any goods, shall satisfy themselves that the exporter, importer or transferor, as the case may be, has not contravened any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations and that all requirements of this Act and the regulations with reference to the goods or technology have been complied with. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 24; R.S., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.), s. 213; 2004, c. 15, s. 65
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 25
Application of powers under the Customs Act 25 All officers, as defined in the Customs Act , have, with respect to any goods or technology to which this Act applies, all the powers they have under the Customs Act with respect to the importation and exportation of goods, and all the provisions of that Act and the regulations under it respecting search, detention, seizure, forfeiture and condemnation apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to any goods or technology that is tendered for export, transfer or import or is exported, transferred or imported or otherwise dealt with contrary to this Act and the regulations and to all documents relating to the goods or technology. R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 25; R.S., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.), s. 213; 2004, c. 15, s. 65
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 27
Annual reports 27 No later than May 31 of each year, the Minister shall prepare and cause to be laid before each House of Parliament a report of the operations under this Act for the preceding year and a report in respect of arms, ammunition, implements and munitions of war, that were exported in the preceding year under the authority of and in accordance with an export permit issued under subsection 7(1). R.S., 1985, c. E-19, s. 27 2018, c. 26, s. 21
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Transitional 13 Where, before the coming into force of subsection 5(2) of this Act, a person has committed an offence under the Export and Import Permits Act but a sentence has not been imposed on the person for that offence, a sentence shall be imposed on that person in accordance with subsection 19(3) of that Act, as enacted by subsection 5(2) of this Act.
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 108
Retroactive regulations — Export and Import Permits Act 108 Every first regulation made under section 3 , 6 or 12 of the Export and Import Permits Act or under paragraph 6.3(3)(a) of that Act, as enacted by section 111 of this Act, and arising out of the implementation of the softwood lumber agreement, as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act, may, if the regulation so provides, have effect earlier than the day on which it is made but no earlier than October 12, 2006.
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 22
Automatic Firearms Country Control List 22 Every country that is included in the Automatic Firearms Country Control List , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Export and Import Permits Act , immediately before the day on which section 5 of this Act comes into force is deemed to have been included in that list, on that day, under section 4.1 of the Export and Import Permits Act , as enacted by that section 5 .
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 460
460 Subsection 3(1) of the Export and Import Permits Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (f) and by adding the following after paragraph (g): (h) to ensure that the supply and distribution of the article in Canada or internationally are consistent with Canada’s economic security interests; or (i) to respond to acts, policies or practices of a foreign country or an association of countries that might be detrimental to Canada’s economic security interests.
Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 461
461 Subsection 5(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (e), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (f) and by adding the following after paragraph (f): (g) to ensure that the supply and distribution of the article in Canada or internationally are consistent with Canada’s economic security interests.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
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 Canada Elections Act .
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 of election advertising and partisan advertising (7) For the purposes of the definitions election advertising and partisan advertising , promoting or opposing includes (a) in relation to a registered party or eligible party, (i) naming it, (ii) identifying it, including by its logo, and (iii) providing a link to an Internet page that does anything referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii); and (b) in relation to the election of a potential candidate, a nomination contestant, a candidate or a leader of a registered party or eligible party, (i) naming him or her, (ii) showing a photograph, cartoon or drawing of him or her, (iii) identifying him or her, including by political affiliation or by any logo that he or she has, and (iv) providing a link to an Internet page that does anything referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (iii). 2000, c. 9, s. 2, c. 12, s. 40; 2001, c. 21, s. 1; 2002, c. 7, s. 90; 2003, c. 19, s. 1; 2004, c. 24, s. 1; 2006, c. 9, s. 39; 2007, c. 21, s. 1; 2014, c. 12, ss. 2, 155; 2018, c. 20, s. 1 2018, c. 31, s. 2 2018, c. 31, s. 399
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
advance poll means a vote held under Part 10. ( vote par anticipation )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
advance polling station means a polling station established under subsection 168(3). ( bureau de vote par anticipation )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
broadcaster means a person who is licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission under the Broadcasting Act to carry on a programming undertaking. ( radiodiffuseur )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
broadcasting means broadcasting, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act , that is regulated and supervised by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission pursuant to section 5 of that Act. ( radiodiffusion )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
Broadcasting Arbitrator means the person appointed as Broadcasting Arbitrator under subsection 332(1). ( arbitre )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
by-election means an election other than a general election. ( élection partielle )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
candidate means a person whose nomination as a candidate at an election has been confirmed under subsection 71(1) and who, or whose official agent, has not yet complied with sections 477.59 to 477.72 and 477.8 to 477.84 in respect of that election. ( candidat )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
capital asset means any property with a commercial value of more than $200 that (a) in the case of a registered party, an electoral district association or a candidate, is normally used outside an election period other than for the purposes of an election; (b) in the case of a nomination contestant, is normally used outside a nomination contest other than for the purposes of a nomination contest; and (c) in the case of a leadership contestant, is normally used outside a leadership contest other than for the purposes of a leadership contest. ( bien immobilisé )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
chief agent means the chief agent named in the application of a political party to become a registered party as required under paragraph 385(2)(h) or a chief agent’s replacement appointed under subsection 400(1). ( agent principal )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
close of nominations means the deadline for the receipt of nominations set out in subsection 70(2). ( clôture des candidatures )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
closing day for nominations means the day referred to in section 69. ( jour de clôture )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
commercial value , in relation to property or a service, means the lowest amount charged at the time that it was provided for the same kind and quantity of property or service or for the same usage of property or money, by (a) the person who provided it, if the person is in the business of providing that property or service; or (b) another person who provides that property or service on a commercial basis in the area where it was provided, if the person who provided the property or service is not in that business. ( valeur commerciale )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
Commissioner means the Commissioner of Canada Elections appointed under subsection 509(1). ( commissaire )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year. ( conjoint de fait )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
contribution means a monetary contribution or a non-monetary contribution. ( contribution )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
election means an election of a member to serve in the House of Commons. ( élection )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
election advertising means the transmission to the public by any means during an election period of an advertising message that promotes or opposes a registered party or the election of a candidate, including by taking a position on an issue with which a registered party or candidate is associated. For greater certainty, it does not include (a) the transmission to the public of an editorial, a debate, a speech, an interview, a column, a letter, a commentary or news; (b) the distribution of a book, or the promotion of the sale of a book, for no less than its commercial value, if the book was planned to be made available to the public regardless of whether there was to be an election; (c) the transmission of a document directly by a person or a group to their members, employees or shareholders, as the case may be; (d) the transmission by an individual, on a non-commercial basis on the Internet, of his or her personal political views; or (e) the making of telephone calls to electors only to encourage them to vote. ( publicité électorale )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
election advertising expense means an expense incurred in relation to (a) the production of an election advertising message; and (b) the transmission of an election advertising message to the public. ( dépenses de publicité électorale )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
election documents means the following documents: (a) the writ with the return of the election endorsed on it; (b) the nomination papers and other documents filed by the candidates or filed on their behalf under section 67; (c) the reserve supply of undistributed blank ballot papers; (d) documents relating to the revision of the lists of electors; (e) the statements of the vote from which the validation of results was made; (f) the other documents sent to the Chief Electoral Officer from the various polling stations, the various advance polling stations or the returning officer’s office, including (i) stubs and unused ballot papers, (ii) ballot papers cast for the various candidates, (iii) spoiled ballot papers, (iv) rejected ballot papers, (v) the list of electors used at the polling station, advance polling station or returning officer’s office, (vi) written authorizations of candidates’ representatives, (vii) used transfer certificates, if any, and (viii) registration certificates; and (g) the prescribed forms referred to in section 162 — other than those referred to in paragraph 162(i.1) — and any other prescribed form to be used at a polling station, advance polling station or returning officer’s office that contains personal information relating to an elector. ( documents électoraux )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
election officer means a person referred to in subsection 22(1) or appointed under section 32. ( fonctionnaire électoral )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
election period means the period beginning with the issue of the writ and ending on polling day or, if the writ is withdrawn under subsection 59(1) or is deemed to be withdrawn under subsection 31(3) of the Parliament of Canada Act , on the day that the writ is withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn. ( période électorale )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
election survey means a survey respecting whether persons intend to vote at an election or who they voted for or will vote for at an election or respecting an issue with which a registered party or candidate is associated. ( sondage électoral )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
elector means a person who is qualified as an elector under section 3. ( électeur )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
electoral district means a place or territorial area that is represented by a member in the House of Commons. ( circonscription )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
electoral district agent means a person appointed under subsection 456(1), and includes the financial agent of a registered association. ( agent de circonscription )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
electoral district association means an association of members of a political party in an electoral district. ( association de circonscription )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
eligible party means a political party that satisfies the criteria for registration set out in section 387. ( parti admissible )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
future elector means a Canadian citizen who is 14 years of age or older but under 18 years of age. ( futur électeur )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 (a)
judge , when used to define the judicial officer on whom is conferred specific powers, means (a) in relation to the Province of Ontario, a judge of the Superior Court of Justice; (b) in relation to the Province of Quebec, a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec; (c) in relation to the Provinces of Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, a judge of the Supreme Court of the Province; (d) in relation to the Provinces of New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of the Province; (e) in relation to the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a judge of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador; (f) in relation to the electoral district of Yukon, a judge of the Supreme Court of Yukon; (g) in relation to the electoral district of the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories; (h) in relation to the electoral district of Nunavut, a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice; and (i) in relation to any place or territory in Canada, (i) if a vacancy exists or arises in the office of any such judge or if such a judge is unable to act by reason of illness or absence from their judicial district, the judge exercising the jurisdiction of that judge, (ii) if there is more than one judge exercising that jurisdiction, the senior of them, and (iii) if no judge is exercising that jurisdiction, a judge designated for the purpose by the Minister of Justice. ( juge )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
leadership campaign agent means a person appointed under subsection 478.5(1), and includes the financial agent of a leadership contestant. ( agent de campagne à la direction )
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
leadership campaign expense [Repealed, 2018, c. 20, s. 1]
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01
leadership contest means a competition for the selection of the leader of a registered party. ( course à la direction )