Bill C-320
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- Textile Labelling Act Textile Labelling Act
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Second Session, Forty-third Parliament, 69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Textile Labelling Act (animal skin, hair and fur)
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FIRST READING, June 22, 2021
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Mr. Masse |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Textile Labelling Act to modify requirements in respect of the skin, hair and fur of certain animal species.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament, 69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-320 |
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An Act to amend the Textile Labelling Act (animal skin, hair and fur) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. T-10
Textile Labelling Act
1 The definition textile fibre in section 2 of the Textile Labelling Act is replaced by the following:
textile fibre means any natural or manufactured matter that is capable of being made into a yarn or fabric and includes human hair, kapok, feathers and down and Insertion start animal skin, as well as Insertion end animal hair Insertion start and Insertion end fur, Insertion start whether or not they have Insertion end been removed from Insertion start the Insertion end animal skin; (fibre textile)
2 Section 6 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 6(1) and is amended by adding the following:
Felis catus or canis lupus familiaris
Start of inserted block(2) Despite subparagraph (1)(b)(i), in the case of an article that contains felis catus or canis lupus familiaris skin or hair or fur not removed from the skin of those species, the label shall show the generic name of that textile fibre, regardless of the percentage of the total fibre mass of the article that it comprises.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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