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Canadian Cultural Property Export Control List (C.R.C., c. 448)

Regulations are current to 2024-03-06

GROUP VIITextual Records, Graphic Records and Sound Recordings

Textual Records

Interpretation
  • 1 The definitions in this section apply in this section and section 2.

    broadsheet

    broadsheet means a publication that consists of a single sheet printed on both sides, sometimes also referred to as a handbill. (prospectus)

    broadside

    broadside means a publication that consists of a single sheet bearing information on one side only that is intended to be affixed to a surface and that is more textual than graphic. (placard)

    document

    document, manuscript or record[Repealed, SOR/2005-260, s. 15]

    leaflet

    leaflet means a publication that consists of one or more sheets, printed on both sides, that is folded but not stitched or bound. (feuillet)

    manuscript, record or document

    manuscript, record or document means textual material in holograph or typescript, excluding printed materials and other works intended for public distribution such as printed books, pamphlets, or serials. Nevertheless, objects considered to be a manuscript, record or document include

    • (a) a diary, ledger or letterbook;

    • (b) a literary manuscript;

    • (c) a leaflet, broadsheet, broadside or poster;

    • (d) a letter and enclosures;

    • (e) a cover or sheet that contains postal markings or that incorporates postage or revenue stamps;

    • (f) a memorandum, report or account;

    • (g) sheet music;

    • (h) printed ephemera; and

    • (i) a single newspaper. (manuscrit, pièce d’archives ou document)

    printed book or pamphlet

    printed book or pamphlet means a work of at least two pages, exclusive of cover pages, made up of sheets bound, stitched or fastened together so as to form a material whole under an established date of printing. It includes each work in a set issued under a single title. (livre imprimé ou brochure)

    serial

    serial means a publication that appears at intervals for an indefinite period. (série)

    serial title

    serial title means a run of a serial, irrespective of its continuity. (titre de série)

    textual record

    textual record[Repealed, SOR/2005-260, s. 15]

    • SOR/97-159, s. 20
    • SOR/2005-260, s. 15
Textual Records
    • 2 (1) Textual records if they were made in the territory that is now Canada, were made outside that territory by a person who at any time ordinarily resided in that territory, or were made outside that territory and relate to the history or national life of Canada, namely,

      • (a) a manuscript, record or document that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $1,000;

      • (b) a collection of associated manuscripts, records or documents that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $2,000;

      • (c) a printed book or pamphlet, a set of printed books or pamphlets under a single title or a serial title, other than a newspaper, that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $3,000; and

      • (d) a collection of associated printed books or pamphlets or serial titles, other than a collection of newspapers, that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $15,000.

    • (2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), examples of paper money considered to be a manuscript, record or document include card money, ordonnances of the French regime, army bills of the years 1813 to 1815 and provincial treasury notes made before the year 1818 for circulation in the territory that is now Canada.

    • (3) The age of any printed material is determined by the established date of printing for the material.

    • SOR/80-855, s. 2
    • SOR/95-170, s. 12
    • SOR/97-159, s. 20
    • SOR/2005-260, s. 16(E)

Graphic Records

Interpretation
  • 3 The definitions in this section apply in this section and sections 4 to 6.

    cartographic record or document

    cartographic record or document means

    • (a) a collection of cartographic representations composed of manuscript or printed material that is bound, stitched or fastened together to form a unit that has no established date of printing for the unit as a whole;

    • (b) a single sheet on which are cartographic representations, irrespective of folding; or

    • (c) cartographic material that is

      • (i) unattached and issued in a combination other than a printed book, such as boxed maps, irrespective of the date of printing, or

      • (ii) in a loose format that clearly forms a single unit of visual information. (pièce d’archives cartographiques ou document cartographique)

    cinematographic film

    cinematographic film means positive or negative film, with or without sound, that contains continuous images designed to create the illusion of motion when projected in rapid succession, and includes film issued in any form in a set under a single title that may or may not be part of the film. Cinematographic films issued as a serial are considered to be a collection of associated cinematographic films. (film cinématographique)

    design

    design means a preliminary sketch or drawing or an outline sketch, drawing, print or plan of a work of art, an edifice, a machine or any other subject to be constructed or made. (dessin)

    graphic record

    graphic record means a book, manuscript, record, document, photographic positive or negative, cinematographic film, map or any designs or material whose primary object is the communication of information in a visual form, other than written or printed language. (pièce d’archives graphiques)

    iconographic object

    iconographic object means a graphic representation such as a design, illustration or other document that consists primarily of graphic representations or pictures. (objet iconographique)

    map

    map means a document that is a cartographic representation and includes a topographic, hydrographic, military, cadastral, aeronautic or survey map, cartogram, chart or plan. (carte)

    photographic record or document

    photographic record or document means

    • (a) a collection of photographs attached or mounted to form a unit, other than a printed book such as a photograph album; or

    • (b) a collection of loose or unattached photographs that clearly form a single unit of visual information. A photograph may take the form of a daguerrotype, ambrotype, calotype, talbotype, tintype, transparency, cinegraph or hologram. (pièce d’archives photographiques ou document photographique)

    pictorial record or document

    pictorial record or document means

    • (a) a bound or attached collection of designs such as a sketch book; or

    • (b) a collection of loose or unattached designs that clearly form a single unit of visual information, such as a set of architectural plans or blueprints. (pièce d’archives picturales ou document pictural)

    printed atlas or cartographic book

    printed atlas or cartographic book means a bound work with an established date of printing and includes each volume of a set of bound works issued under a single title. (atlas ou recueil de cartes imprimés)

    printed book of photographs

    printed book of photographs or printed book of pictures or designs means a bound work with an established date of printing and includes each volume of a set of bound works issued under a single title. (recueil de photographies impriméourecueil d’illustrations ou de dessins imprimé)

    • SOR/95-170, s. 13
    • SOR/97-159, s. 20
    • SOR/2005-260, s. 17(F)
Cartography
  • 4 Cartographic objects if they were made in the territory that is now Canada, were made outside that territory by a person who at any time ordinarily resided in that territory or were made outside that territory and relate to the history or national life of Canada, namely,

    • (a) a map, cartographic record or document that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $1,000;

    • (b) a collection of associated maps or cartographic records or documents that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $2,000;

    • (c) a printed atlas or cartographic book or a set of atlases or cartographic books under a single title that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $2,000; and

    • (d) a collection of associated printed atlases or cartographic books that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $10,000.

    • SOR/80-855, s. 3
    • SOR/95-170, s. 14
    • SOR/97-159, s. 20
Photography
  • 5 Photographic objects if they were made in the territory that is now Canada, were made outside that territory by a person who at any time ordinarily resided in that territory or were made outside that territory and relate to the history or national life of Canada, namely,

    • (a) a photograph, photographic record or document or a cinematographic film that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $1,000;

    • (b) a collection of associated photographs, photographic records or documents or cinematographic films that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $2,000;

    • (c) a printed book of photographs or a set of printed books of photographs under a single title that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $2,500; and

    • (d) a collection of associated printed books of photographs that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $15,000.

    • SOR/95-170, s. 15
    • SOR/97-159, s. 20
Iconography
  • 6 Iconographic objects if they were made in the territory that is now Canada, were made outside that territory by a person who at any time ordinarily resided in that territory or were made outside that territory and relate to the history or national life of Canada, namely,

    • (a) a design, pictorial record or document that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $1,000;

    • (b) a collection of associated designs or pictorial records or documents that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $2,000;

    • (c) a printed book of pictures or designs or a set of printed books of pictures or designs under a single title that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $2,000; and

    • (d) a collection of associated printed books of pictures or designs that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $10,000.

    • SOR/80-855, s. 4
    • SOR/95-170, s. 16
    • SOR/97-159, s. 20

Sound Recordings

Interpretation
[
  • SOR/2005-260, s. 18(F)
]
    • 7 (1) In this section and sections 8 and 9, sound recording means

      • (a) an object in any medium on which sound has been registered by mechanical or electrical means so that the sound may be reproduced and played back;

      • (b) objects of recorded sound issued in a set under a single title, irrespective of the date or dates of recording of the individual units in the set; and

      • (c) a collection of physically separated objects of recorded sound where the collection clearly forms a single unit.

    • (2) A sound recording may take the form of a cylinder, disc, belt, spool, cassette or cartridge.

    • SOR/86-329, s. 14
    • SOR/97-159, s. 20
Sound Recordings
  • 8 Sound recordings if they were made in the territory that is now Canada, were made outside that territory by a person who at any time ordinarily resided in that territory or were made outside that territory and relate to the history or national life of Canada, namely,

    • (a) a sound recording or a document of recorded sound that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $1,000; and

    • (b) a collection of associated sound recordings or documents of recorded sound that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $2,000.

    • SOR/97-159, s. 20
General
  • 9 Objects that are made outside the territory that is now Canada, namely,

    • (a) a graphic or textual object, other than a design or a photograph, that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $10,000;

    • (b) a collection of associated graphic or textual objects, other than photographs, that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $25,000;

    • (c) a design that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $3,000;

    • (d) a photograph that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $2,000; and

    • (e) a collection of associated photographs that has a fair market value in Canada of more than $10,000.

    • SOR/97-159, s. 20
 

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