Marginal note:Administering of oaths and affirmations

• 13. (1) Any oath or solemn affirmation and declaration under this Part may be administered by

  • (a) the Speaker of the Senate or the House of Commons;

  • (b) the chairman of any committee of the Senate or the House of Commons; or

  • (c) such person or persons as may be appointed for that purpose either by the Speaker of the Senate or by the Speaker of the House of Commons or by standing or other order of the Senate or the House.

• Marginal note:Form

  (2) Every oath and solemn affirmation and declaration under this Part shall be in the Forms 1 and 2 in the schedule.

Marginal note:Prohibited contractual dealings

• 14. (1) No person who is a member of the Senate shall, directly or indirectly, knowingly and wilfully be a party to or be concerned in any contract under which the public money of Canada is to be paid.

• Marginal note:Penalty for contravention

  (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars for each day during which the contravention continues.

• Marginal note:Recovery of penalty

  (3) A sum forfeited by any person under subsection (2) is recoverable from that person by any person who sues for it in any court of competent jurisdiction in Canada.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (4) This section does not render any person liable to forfeiture by reason only that the person

  • (a) is a shareholder in any corporation having a contract or agreement with the Government of Canada, except any company that undertakes a contract for the building of any public work;

  • (b) is, or has been, a contractor for the loan of money or of securities for the payment of money to the Government of Canada under the authority of Parliament, after public competition; or

  • (c) is, or has been, a contractor in respect of the purchase or payment of the public stock or debentures of Canada, on terms common to all persons.

Marginal note:Limitation period

15. Proceedings for the recovery of any forfeiture imposed by section 14 may be instituted at any time within but not later than one year after the time when the forfeiture was incurred.

Marginal note:Receiving prohibited compensation

• 16. (1) No member of the Senate shall receive or agree to receive any compensation, directly or indirectly, for services rendered or to be rendered to any person, either by the member or another person,

  • (a) in relation to any bill, proceeding, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest or other matter before the Senate or the House of Commons or a committee of either House; or

  • (b) for the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence any member of either House.

• Marginal note:Offence and punishment

  (2) Every member of the Senate who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than four thousand dollars.

• Marginal note:Offering prohibited compensation

  (3) Every person who gives, offers or promises to any member of the Senate any compensation for services described in subsection (1), rendered or to be rendered, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and not more than two thousand dollars.