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Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

Version of section 2 from 2008-12-30 to 2014-06-18:


Marginal note:Definitions

 The definitions in this section apply in this Act.

authorized person

personne autorisée

authorized person means a person who is authorized under subsection 45(2). (personne autorisée)

Centre

Centre

Centre means the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada established by section 41. (Centre)

client

client

client means a person or an entity that engages in a financial transaction or activity with a person or an entity referred to in section 5, and includes a person or an entity on whose behalf the person or the entity that engages in the transaction or activity is acting. (client)

Commissioner

Commissioner[Repealed, 2005, c. 38, s. 124]

courier

messager

courier means a courier as defined by regulation. (messager)

customs office

bureau de douane

customs office has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act. (bureau de douane)

entity

entité

entity means a body corporate, a trust, a partnership, a fund or an unincorporated association or organization. (entité)

legal counsel

conseiller juridique

legal counsel means, in the Province of Quebec, an advocate or a notary and, in any other province, a barrister or solicitor. (conseiller juridique)

mail

envois ou courrier

mail has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Post Corporation Act. (envois ou courrier)

Minister

ministre

Minister means, in relation to sections 24.1 to 39, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and, in relation to any other provision of this Act, the Minister of Finance. (ministre)

money laundering offence

infraction de recyclage des produits de la criminalité

money laundering offence means an offence under subsection 462.31(1) of the Criminal Code. (infraction de recyclage des produits de la criminalité)

officer

agent

officer has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act. (agent)

person

personne

person means an individual. (personne)

prescribed

Version anglaise seulement

prescribed means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council. (Version anglaise seulement)

President

président

President means the President of the Canada Border Services Agency appointed under subsection 7(1) of the Canada Border Services Agency Act. (président)

terrorist activity

activité terroriste

terrorist activity has the same meaning as in subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code. (activité terroriste)

terrorist activity financing offence

infraction de financement des activités terroristes

terrorist activity financing offence means an offence under section 83.02, 83.03 or 83.04 of the Criminal Code or an offence under section 83.12 of the Criminal Code arising out of a contravention of section 83.08 of that Act. (infraction de financement des activités terroristes)

threats to the security of Canada

menaces envers la sécurité du Canada

threats to the security of Canada has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act. (menaces envers la sécurité du Canada)

violation

violation

violation means a contravention of this Act or the regulations that is designated as a violation by regulations made under subsection 73.1(1). (violation)

  • 2000, c. 17, s. 2, c. 24, s. 76.1
  • 2001, c. 32, s. 70, c. 41, ss. 49, 132
  • 2005, c. 38, ss. 124, 145
  • 2006, c. 12, s. 1

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