An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2017, c. 7)

Marginal note:2001, c. 41, s. 4

55 Subsection 83.14(5) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following :

56 Paragraph (d) of the definition offence in section 183 of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of subparagraph (ii), by adding “or” at the end of subparagraph (iii) and by adding the following after subparagraph (iii):

Marginal note:R.S., c. 42 (4th Supp.), s. 2

57 Paragraph 462.32(4)(a) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following :

Marginal note:2001, c. 32, s. 16

• 58 (1) Paragraphs 462.331(3)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following :

  • (a) the power to make an interlocutory sale of perishable or rapidly depreciating property;

  • (b) the power to destroy, in accordance with subsections (4) to (7), property that has little or no value; and

  • (c) the power to have property, other than real property or a conveyance, forfeited to Her Majesty in accordance with subsection (7.1).

• Marginal note:2001, c. 32, s. 16

  (2) Subsections 462.331(4) and (5) of the Act are replaced by the following :

  • Marginal note:Application for destruction order

    (4) Before a person who is appointed to manage property destroys property that has little or no value, they shall apply to a court for a destruction order.

  • Marginal note:Notice

    (5) Before making a destruction order, a court shall require notice in accordance with subsection (6) to be given to and may hear any person who, in the court’s opinion, appears to have a valid interest in the property.

• Marginal note:2001, c. 32, s. 16

  (3) Paragraphs 462.331(6)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following :

  • (a) be given in the manner that the court directs or that may be specified in the rules of the court; and

  • (b) specify the effective period of the notice that the court considers reasonable or that may be set out in the rules of the court.

• Marginal note:2001, c. 32, s. 16

  (4) Subsections 462.331(7) and (8) of the Act are replaced by the following :

  • Marginal note:Destruction order

    (7) A court shall order that the property be destroyed if it is satisfied that the property has little or no financial or other value.

  • Marginal note:Forfeiture order

    (7.1) On application by a person who is appointed to manage the property, a court shall order that the property, other than real property or a conveyance, be forfeited to Her Majesty to be disposed of or otherwise dealt with in accordance with the law if

    • (a) a notice is given or published in the manner that the court directs or that may be specified in the rules of the court;

    • (b) the notice specifies a period of 60 days during which a person may make an application to the court asserting their interest in the property; and

    • (c) during that period, no one makes such an application.

  • Marginal note:When management order ceases to have effect

    (8) A management order ceases to have effect when the property that is the subject of the management order is returned in accordance with the law, destroyed or forfeited to Her Majesty.

  • Marginal note:For greater certainty

    (8.1) For greater certainty, if property that is the subject of a management order is sold, the management order applies to the net proceeds of the sale.

Marginal note:2001, c. 32, s. 19

• 59 (1) Subsections 462.37(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following :

  Marginal note:Order of forfeiture of property

  • 462.37 (1) Subject to this section and sections 462.39 to 462.41, if an offender is convicted, or discharged under section 730, of a designated offence and the court imposing sentence on or discharging the offender, on application of the Attorney General, is satisfied, on a balance of probabilities, that any property is proceeds of crime obtained through the commission of the designated offence, the court shall order that the property be forfeited to Her Majesty to be disposed of as the Attorney General directs or otherwise dealt with in accordance with the law.

  • Marginal note:Proceeds of crime — other offences

    (2) If the evidence does not establish to the satisfaction of the court that property in respect of which an order of forfeiture would otherwise be made under subsection (1) was obtained through the commission of the designated offence of which the offender is convicted or discharged, but the court is satisfied, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the property is proceeds of crime, the court may make an order of forfeiture under subsection (1) in relation to that property.

• Marginal note:2005, c. 44, s. 6(1)

  (2) Subsection 462.37(2.01) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following :

  • Marginal note:Confiscation — circonstances particulières

    (2.01) Dans le cas où le contrevenant est condamné pour une infraction mentionnée au paragraphe (2.02), le tribunal qui détermine la peine à infliger est tenu, sur demande du procureur général et sous réserve des autres dispositions du présent article et des articles 462.4 et 462.41, d’ordonner la confiscation au profit de Sa Majesté des biens du contrevenant précisés par le procureur général dans la demande et de prévoir dans l’ordonnance qu’il est disposé de ces biens selon les instructions du procureur général ou autrement en conformité avec le droit applicable, s’il est convaincu, selon la prépondérance des probabilités, de l’un ou l’autre des faits suivants :

    • a) le contrevenant s’est livré, dans les dix ans précédant l’inculpation relative à l’infraction en cause, à des activités criminelles répétées visant à lui procurer, directement ou indirectement, un avantage matériel, notamment pécuniaire;

    • b) le revenu du contrevenant de sources non liées à des infractions désignées ne peut justifier de façon raisonnable la valeur de son patrimoine.

Marginal note:2001, c. 32, s. 20(2)

• 60 (1) Paragraph 462.38(2)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following :

  • (b) that property was obtained through the commission of a designated offence in respect of which proceedings were commenced, and

• Marginal note:R.S., c. 42 (4th Supp.), s. 2

  (2) The portion of subsection 462.38(2) of the French version of the Act after paragraph (c) is replaced by the following :

  L’ordonnance prévoit qu’il est disposé de ces biens selon les instructions du procureur général ou autrement en conformité avec le droit applicable.

Marginal note:R.S., c. 42 (4th Supp.), s. 2

61 The portion of subsection 462.41(2) of the Act before paragraph (c) is replaced by the following :