Firearms Act (S.C. 1995, c. 39)

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2012-04-05. Previous Versions

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Marginal note:Notification of Registrar

42. A customs officer shall inform the Registrar without delay of the exportation or importation of a firearm by an individual.

Businesses

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Marginal note:Authorization for businesses to import or export

43. A business may export or import a firearm, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, component or part designed exclusively for use in the manufacture of or assembly into an automatic firearm or prohibited ammunition only if the business holds an authorization to export or an authorization to import.

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Marginal note:Authorization to export

44. An authorization to export goods described in section 43 may be issued to a business only if the business that applies for such an authorization

  • (a) in the case of a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm, holds the registration certificate for the firearm;

  • (b) in the case of a prohibited firearm, prohibited weapon, prohibited device, component or part designed exclusively for use in the manufacture of or assembly into an automatic firearm or prohibited ammunition, identifies it in the prescribed manner and specifies the prescribed purpose for the exportation;

  • (c) holds a licence authorizing it to possess those goods, except where those goods are to be shipped in transit through Canada by a business that does not carry on business in Canada;

  • (d) indicates the destination of those goods; and

  • (e) provides the Registrar with the prescribed information and any other information reasonably required by the Registrar.

  • 1995, c. 39, s. 44;
  • 2012, c. 6, s. 18.
Previous Version
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Marginal note:Authorization to be produced

  • 45. (1) A business that holds an authorization to export goods described in section 43 must produce the authorization to a customs officer at the time of the exportation.

  • Marginal note:Customs officer

    (2) A customs officer may confirm an authorization to export.

  • Marginal note:Non-compliance

    (3) Where an authorization to export is not confirmed, a customs officer may detain goods described in section 43.

  • Marginal note:Disposal

    (4) A good that is detained under subsection (3) may be disposed of in the prescribed manner.

The following provision is not in force.
Marginal note:Authorization to import

46. An authorization to import goods described in section 43 may be issued to a business only if the business that applies for such an authorization

  • (a) holds a licence authorizing it to acquire and possess those goods, except where those goods are to be shipped in transit through Canada by a business that does not carry on business in Canada;

  • (b) identifies those goods in the prescribed manner;

  • (c) in the case of either a firearm that is not a prohibited firearm or a restricted weapon, specifies the purpose for the importation;

  • (d) in the case of a prohibited firearm, prohibited weapon, prohibited device, component or part designed exclusively for use in the manufacture of or assembly into an automatic firearm or prohibited ammunition, specifies the prescribed purpose for the importation;

  • (e) indicates the destination in Canada of those goods; and

  • (f) provides the Registrar with the prescribed information and any other information reasonably required by the Registrar.