Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act (S.C. 2015, c. 27)
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Assented to 2015-06-18
R.S., c. C-46CRIMINAL CODE
32. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 110:
Definition of “intimate partner”
110.1 In sections 109 and 110, “intimate partner” includes a spouse, a common-law partner and a dating partner.
Marginal note:2012, c. 6, s. 8
33. Paragraph 117.03(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) a person in possession of a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm or a non-restricted firearm who fails, on demand, to produce, for inspection by the peace officer, an authorization or a licence under which the person may lawfully possess the firearm and, in the case of a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm, a registration certificate for it, or
34. Section 117.15 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):
Marginal note:Non-restricted firearm
(3) Despite the definitions “prohibited firearm” and “restricted firearm” in subsection 84(1), a firearm that is prescribed to be a non-restricted firearm is deemed not to be a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm.
Marginal note:Restricted firearm
(4) Despite the definition “prohibited firearm” in subsection 84(1), a firearm that is prescribed to be a restricted firearm is deemed not to be a prohibited firearm.
R.S., c. 1 (2nd Supp.)RELATED AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTOMS ACT
35. Subsection 107(5) of the Customs Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (k):
(k.1) an official solely for the purpose of administering or enforcing the Firearms Act;
2012, c. 6CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE ENDING THE LONG-GUN REGISTRY ACT
36. Subsection 30(3) of the Ending the Long-gun Registry Act is amended by replacing the paragraph 36(1)(a) that it enacts with the following:
(a) the expiry of 60 days after the importation, in the case of a non-restricted firearm; or
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION
Marginal note:Conversion of possession only licence
37. A licence that is issued under the Firearms Act and that is held by an individual referred to in paragraph 7(4)(c) of that Act, as it read immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, authorizes the holder to acquire any firearms that they are authorized to possess under the licence and that are acquired by the holder on or after that day and before the expiration or revocation of the licence.
COMING INTO FORCE
Marginal note:Order in council
38. (1) Subsections 4(4), (7) and (8) and section 37 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Order in council
(2) Subection 2(1), sections 6 and 11 and subsection 13(1) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Order in council
(3) Sections 10 and 15 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Order in council
(4) Sections 14 and 35 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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