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Radiocommunication Act

Version of section 4 from 2024-06-20 to 2024-10-30:


Marginal note:Prohibitions

  •  (1) No person shall, except under and in accordance with a radio authorization, install, operate or possess radio apparatus, other than

    • (a) radio apparatus exempted by or under regulations made under paragraph 6(1)(m); or

    • (b) radio apparatus that is capable only of the reception of broadcasting and that is not a distribution undertaking.

  • Marginal note:Idem

    (2) No person shall manufacture, import, distribute, lease, offer for sale or sell any radio apparatus, interference-causing equipment or radio-sensitive equipment for which a technical acceptance certificate is required under this Act, otherwise than in accordance with such a certificate.

  • Marginal note:Idem

    (3) No person shall manufacture, import, distribute, lease, offer for sale or sell any radio apparatus, interference-causing equipment or radio-sensitive equipment for which technical standards have been established under paragraph 6(1)(a), unless the apparatus or equipment complies with those standards.

  • Marginal note:Other prohibitions

    (4) No person shall install, use, possess, manufacture, import, distribute, lease, offer for sale or sell a jammer.

  • Marginal note:Other prohibitions — subsection 5.01(1)

    (5) Subject to subsection 5.01(2), no person shall manufacture, import, distribute, lease, offer for sale, sell or possess any radio apparatus, or equipment or device, or component of any equipment or device, or any class of radio apparatus, or equipment or device, or component of any equipment or device, specified by the Minister under subsection 5.01(1).

  • R.S., 1985, c. R-2, s. 4
  • 1989, c. 17, s. 4
  • 1991, c. 11, s. 82
  • 2014, c. 39, s. 175
  • 2024, c. 17, s. 380

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