Firearms Act (S.C. 1995, c. 39)

Marginal note:Temporary storage permit

135 Every permit authorizing a person to temporarily store a particular prohibited firearm or restricted firearm

• (a) that was issued under subsection 110(3.1) of the former Act,

• (b) that had not been revoked before the commencement day, and

• (c) that remained in force pursuant to subsection 110(3.3) of the former Act on the commencement day

continues in force until the expiration of the period for which it was expressed to be issued, unless the permit is revoked by a chief firearms officer for any good and sufficient reason.

Marginal note:Revocation of authorization to transport

135.1 All of the following authorizations to transport a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm are revoked:

• (a) authorizations issued under any of paragraphs 19(2.1)(b) to (e), as those paragraphs read immediately before the commencement day; and

• (b) authorizations issued under paragraph 19(2.2)(b), as that paragraph read immediately before the commencement day, in respect of transportation to and from the places referred to in any of the paragraphs that are set out in paragraph (a).

Conditional Amendments to this Act

136 and 137 [Amendments]

Amendments to the Criminal Code

138 and 139 [Amendments]

Related and Consequential Amendments to the Criminal Code

140 to 157 [Amendments]

Related and Consequential Amendments to Other Acts

158 to 168 [Amendments]

169 [Repealed, 2003, c. 8, s. 55]

170 to 187 [Amendments]

Conditional Amendments

188 to 192 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Coming into force

• Footnote ^*193 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act or any of its provisions or any provision of any other Act enacted or amended by this Act, other than sections 136, 137 and 174, shall come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Coming into force if no order made

  (2) If no order bringing this Act or any of its provisions or any provision of any other Act enacted or amended by this Act is made before January 1, 2003, this Act, other than sections 136, 137 and 174, comes into force on that date.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Section 85, as enacted by section 139, and sections 141 to 150 in force January 1, 1996, see SI/96-2; sections 118 and 119 in force April 30, 1996, see SI/96-39; section 95 in force December 18, 1997, see SI/98-2; sections 1, 2 and 117 in force February 25, 1998, see SI/98-35; sections 3 and 4, subsections 5(1) and (2), section 6, subsections 7(1) to (3), paragraphs 7(4)(a) to (d), subsection 7(5), sections 8 to 23, subsection 24(1), paragraphs 24(2)(a) and (b), sections 25 to 28, subsections 29(2) to (7), sections 30 and 31, paragraphs 32(a) and (c), sections 33 and 34, subsection 35(1) before paragraph (a), paragraph 35(1)(a) of the English version before subparagraph (i), subparagraphs 35(1)(a)(i) and (iii) of the English version, paragraphs 35(1)(a) and (c) of the French version, sections 54 to 94, 96, 98 to 116, 120 to 135 and 138, sections 84, 86 to 96 and 98 to 117.15, as enacted by section 139, and sections 140, 151 to 168, 170 to 173 and 175 to 193 in force December 1, 1998, see SI/98-93, 95; section 97 in force December 3, 1998, see SI/98-129; subsection 5(3), paragraph 7(4)(e), those portions of subsection 35(1) that are not yet in force, subsections 35(2) to (4) and section 36 in force January 1, 2001, see SI/2001-4; subsection 29(1) in force January 1, 2003, see SI/2002-161; paragraph 24(2)(c), as enacted by 2003, c.8, s.18, in force April 10, 2005, see SI/2005-27; section 97, as enacted by section 139, repealed before coming into force, see 2008, c. 20, s. 3; paragraph 24(2)(d) repealed before coming into force, see 2008, c. 20, s. 3; sections 37 to 53 repealed before coming into force, see 2008, c. 20, s. 3.]