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Conflict of Interest Act (S.C. 2006, c. 9, s. 2)

Act current to 2024-06-19 and last amended on 2017-10-06. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Gifts and other advantages

  •  (1) No public office holder or member of his or her family shall accept any gift or other advantage, including from a trust, that might reasonably be seen to have been given to influence the public office holder in the exercise of an official power, duty or function.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) Despite subsection (1), a public office holder or member of his or her family may accept a gift or other advantage

    • (a) that is permitted under the Canada Elections Act;

    • (b) that is given by a relative or friend; or

    • (c) that is received as a normal expression of courtesy or protocol, or is within the customary standards that normally accompany the public office holder’s position.

  • Marginal note:Forfeiture

    (3) When a public office holder or a member of his or her family accepts a gift or other advantage referred to in paragraph (2)(c) that has a value of $1,000 or more, the gift or other advantage is, unless otherwise determined by the Commissioner, forfeited to Her Majesty in right of Canada.


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