2 In this Act, “agent” includes, with respect to a person convicted of or charged with a designated crime, (a) a personal
representative of the person convicted or charged, including an executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, guardian of property, attorney for property, committee, trustee or receiver of the person, (b) a person who has been assigned rights of the person convicted or charged to receive money or other consideration under a contract for recounting crime, (c) a corporation
to which the person convicted or charged has a substantial connection, as prescribed by the regulations, and (d) in the absence
of evidence to the contrary, (i) a spouse or a former spouse of the person convicted or charged, or (ii) a person who
has at any time been related by birth, adoption or marriage to the person convicted or charged; (“mandataire”) “contract for recounting crime” means a contract under which money or other consideration is to be paid, (a) to a person
convicted of a designated crime or the agent of a person convicted of a designated crime, (i) for the use of recollections of the convicted person that relate to the crime, including the use of those recollections in a publication, interview or appearance, but not including the use of those recollections in an appearance to address a victims’ group or imprisoned persons, or (ii) for the use of documents or other things that relate to the crime and that are or have at any time been in the possession of the convicted person, or (b) to a person charged with a designated crime or the agent of a person charged with a designated crime, (i) for the use of recollections of the person charged that relate to the alleged crime, including the use of those recollections in a publication, interview or appearance, but not including the use of those recollections in an appearance to address a victims’ group or imprisoned persons, or (ii) for the use of documents or other things that relate to the alleged crime and that are or have at any time been in the possession of the person charged, whether the contract was entered into before or after this Act came into force; (“contrat d’utilisation du récit d’un acte criminel”) “convicted” includes found
guilty or found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder; (“déclaré coupable”) “designated crime” means
an act or omission that, (a) is an indictable
offence under the Criminal Code (Canada) for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for five years or a more severe punishment and that involves, (i) the use or attempted
use of violence against another person, or (ii) conduct that endangered or was likely to endanger the life or safety of another person or that inflicted or was likely to inflict severe psychological damage on another person, (b) is an offence
or attempt to commit an offence under section 271, 272 or 273 of the Criminal Code (Canada), (c) is an offence
under the Criminal Code (Canada) that is prescribed by the regulations as a serious property offence, or (d) is an offence
under the criminal law of a jurisdiction outside Canada, if a similar act or omission would be an offence referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) if it were committed in Canada, whether the act or omission occurred before or after this Act came into force; (“acte criminel désigné”) “Director” means the Director of Asset Management – Civil appointed under section 15.1 of the Civil Remedies Act, 2001; (“directeur”) “legitimate owner” means, with respect to property referred to in clause (b) of the definition of “proceeds of a contract for recounting crime”, a person who, (a)  acquired
the property for fair value and did not know and could not reasonably have known at the time of the acquisition that the property was proceeds of a contract for recounting crime, or (b)  acquired
the property from a person mentioned in clause (a); (“propriétaire légitime”) “proceeds of a contract for recounting crime” means, (a)  money
or other consideration paid under a contract for recounting crime to a person convicted of or charged with a designated crime or the agent of a person convicted of or charged with a designated crime, whether the money or other consideration is paid before or after this Act came into force, or (b) property acquired, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from money or other consideration referred to in clause (a), whether the property was acquired before or after this Act came into force; (“produit d’un contrat d’utilisation du récit d’un acte criminel”) “property” means real or personal
property, and includes any interest in property; (“bien”) “publication” includes an electronic
publication; (“publication”) “regulations” means the regulations
made under this Act; (“règlements”) “spouse” means, (a) a spouse as defined
in section 1 of the Family Law Act, or (b) either of two persons who live together in a conjugal relationship outside marriage. (“conjoint”)  2002, c. 2, s. 2; 2005, c. 5, s. 59; 2005, c. 33, s. 14; 2007, c. 13, s. 46 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 5, s. 59 (1-3)
- 09/03/2005; 2005, c. 33, s. 14
- 15/12/2005 2007, c. 13, s. 46 (1)
- 04/06/2007