Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Possession at unauthorized place

• 93 (1) Subject to subsection (3), every person commits an offence who, being the holder of an authorization or a licence under which the person may possess a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restricted firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device or prohibited ammunition, possesses them at a place that is

  • (a) indicated on the authorization or licence as being a place where the person may not possess it;

  • (b) other than a place indicated on the authorization or licence as being a place where the person may possess it; or

  • (c) other than a place where it may be possessed under the Firearms Act.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1)

  • (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or

  • (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses a replica firearm.