Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act — P-24.8 2
Definitions 2 The following definitions apply in this Act. cluster munition means a conventional munition that is designed to disperse or release explosive submunitions. However, it does not include any of the following: (a) a munition that is designed to disperse or release flares or pyrotechnic devices; (b) a munition that is designed to produce, disperse or release smoke or chaff; (c) a munition that is designed to produce electrical or electronic effects; (d) a munition that is designed exclusively for air defence; (e) a munition that is designed to contain fewer than 10 explosive submunitions, each of which (i) weighs more than four kilograms, (ii) is designed to detect and engage a target that is a single object, and (iii) is equipped with an electronic self-destruction mechanism and an electronic self-deactivating feature; (f) a mine as defined in section 2 of the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Implementation Act . ( arme à sous-munitions ) Convention means the Convention on Cluster Munitions, done at Dublin on May 30, 2008, as amended from time to time to the extent that the amendment takes effect for Canada, that is set out in the schedule to this Act. ( Convention ) conventional munition means a munition that is not a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or toxin weapon. ( munition classique ) explosive bomblet means a conventional munition, weighing less than 20 kg, that is not self-propelled and that, in order to perform its task, is dispersed or released from a container affixed to an aircraft and that is designed to detonate before, on or after impact. However, it does not include any of the following: (a) a flare, a pyrotechnic device or a munition that is designed to produce, disperse or release smoke or chaff; (b) a munition that is designed to produce electrical or electronic effects; (c) a munition that is designed exclusively for air defence; (d) a munition that is designed to be dispersed or released from a container that is designed to contain fewer than 10 of those munitions, each of which (i) weighs more than four kilograms, (ii) is designed to detect and engage a target that is a single object, and (iii) is equipped with an electronic self-destruction mechanism and an electronic self-deactivating feature; (e) a mine as defined in section 2 of the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Implementation Act . ( petite bombe explosive ) explosive submunition means a conventional munition, weighing less than 20 kg, that, in order to perform its task, is dispersed or released from another conventional munition and that is designed to detonate before, on or after impact. However, it does not include any of the following: (a) a flare, a pyrotechnic device or a munition that is designed to produce, disperse or release smoke or chaff; (b) a munition that is designed to produce electrical or electronic effects; (c) a munition that is designed exclusively for air defence; (d) a munition that is designed to be dispersed or released from another conventional munition that is designed to contain fewer than 10 of those munitions, each of which (i) weighs more than four kilograms, (ii) is designed to detect and engage a target that is a single object, and (iii) is equipped with an electronic self-destruction mechanism and an electronic self-deactivating feature; (e) a mine as defined in section 2 of the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Implementation Act . ( sous-munition explosive ) person means an individual or an organization as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code . ( personne ) use , in respect of a cluster munition, explosive submunition or explosive bomblet, means firing, dropping, launching, projecting, dispersing, releasing or otherwise delivering it for the purpose of detonation. ( utilisation )