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

Marginal note:Gifts and other advantages

• 11 (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.