1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-362

An Act to amend the Firearms Act and the Criminal Code (no registration of firearms that are not restricted or prohibited firearms)

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1995, c. 39; 1996, c. 19

FIREARMS ACT

1. Section 2 of the Firearms Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):

Interpreta-
tion re registration

(4) Provisions of this Act relating to powers or requirements to issue, revoke, seize, surrender, verify, request the production of, lend or otherwise deal with a registration certificate apply only to circumstances involving a firearm that is a restricted or prohibited firearm.

Scope of registration

(5) For greater certainty, nothing in this Act requires a person to register a firearm unless it is a restricted firearm or a prohibited firearm.

R.S., c. C-46; R.S., cc. 2, 11, 27, 31, 47, 51, 52 (1st Supp.), cc. 1, 24, 27, 35 (2nd Supp.), cc. 10, 19, 30, 34 (3rd Supp.), cc. 1, 23, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 42, 50 (4th Supp.); 1989, c. 2; 1990, cc. 15, 16, 17, 44; 1991, cc. 1, 4, 28, 40, 43; 1992, cc. 1, 11, 20, 21, 22, 27, 38, 41, 47, 51; 1993, cc. 7, 25, 28, 34, 37, 40, 45, 46; 1994, cc. 12, 13, 38, 44; 1995, cc. 5, 19, 22, 27, 29, 32, 39, 42; 1996, cc. 7, 8, 16, 19, 31, 34; 1997, cc. 9, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30

CRIMINAL CODE

2. In sections 3 to 7, references to provisions in the Criminal Code are references to those provisions as enacted by section 139 of chapter 39 of the Statutes of Canada, 1995.

3. (1) Section 91 of the Criminal Code is amended by replacing paragraph (1)(b) by the following:

    (b) a registration certificate if the firearm is a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm .

(2) Subsection 91(5) of the Act is repealed.

4. (1) Section 92 of the Act is amended by replacing paragraph (1)(b) by the following:

    (b) a registration certificate if the firearm is a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm .

(2) Subsection 92(5) of the Act is repealed.

5. (1) Section 94 of the Act is amended by replacing subparagraph (a)(i)(B) by the following:

      (B) a registration certificate if the fire arm is a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm ,

(2) Subsection 94(5) of the Act is repealed.

6. The word ``firearm'' in paragraphs 105(1)(a) and (b) of the Act is replaced by the words ``restricted firearm or prohibited firearm''.

7. The word ``firearm'' in paragraphs 106(1)(a) and (b) of the Act is replaced by the words ``restricted firearm or prohibited firearm''.