Third Session, Fortieth Parliament,
59-60 Elizabeth II, 2010-2011
STATUTES OF CANADA 2011CHAPTER 14
An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (methamphetamine and ecstasy)
ASSENTED TO
25th MARCH, 2011
BILL C-475
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to prohibit a person from possessing, producing, selling or importing anything knowing it will be used to produce or traffic in methamphetamine or ecstasy.
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59-60 ELIZABETH II
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CHAPTER 14
An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (methamphetamine and ecstasy)
[Assented to 25th March, 2011]
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1996, c. 19
CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT
1. The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is amended by adding the following after section 7:
Possession, etc., for use in production of or trafficking in substance
7.1 (1) No person shall possess, produce, sell or import anything knowing that it will be used to produce or traffic in a substance referred to in item 18 of Schedule I or subitem 1(9) of Schedule III.
Punishment
(2) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years less a day.
COORDINATING AMENDMENT
Bill C-15
2. If Bill C-15, introduced in the 2nd session of the 40th Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, receives royal assent, then, on the first day on which sections 6 and 7 of that Act and section 1 of this Act are all in force, subsection 7.1(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is replaced by the following:
Possession, etc., for use in production of or trafficking in substance
7.1 (1) No person shall possess, produce, sell or import anything knowing that it will be used to produce or traffic in a substance referred to in item 18 of Schedule I or subitem 19(8) of Schedule I.
COMING INTO FORCE
Coming into force
3. Section 1 comes into force 90 days after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
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