Bill C-43
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RECOVERY OF FEES |
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| Recovery of
fees
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13. Any fee required by the regulations to be
paid constitutes a debt due to Her Majesty in
right of Canada and may be recovered in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
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OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENT |
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| Contravention
of Act or
regulations
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14. (1) Every individual who contravenes
any provision of this Act, other than
subsection 10.3(1), or the regulations is guilty
of an offence and liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five
thousand dollars.
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| False or
misleading
statements
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(2) Every individual who knowingly makes
any false or misleading statement in any return
or other document submitted to the registrar
under this Act, whether in electronic or other
form, is guilty of an offence and liable
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| Limitation of
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(3) Proceedings by way of summary
conviction in respect of an offence under this
section may be instituted at any time within
but not later than two years after the time when
the subject-matter of the proceedings arose.
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RELATED AMENDMENTS |
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| R.S., c. A-1
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Access to Information Act |
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8. Schedule I to the Access to Information
Act is amended by adding the following in
alphabetical order under the heading
``Other Government Institutions'' :
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Ethics Counsellor Conseiller en éthique
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| 1993, c. 12
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Budget Implementation (fiscal measures) Act, 1992 |
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9. The heading before section 11 and
sections 11 to 13 of the Budget
Implementation (fiscal measures) Act, 1992
are repealed.
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10. Subsection 17(2) of the Act is
repealed.
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| R.S., c. P-21
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Privacy Act |
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11. The schedule to the Privacy Act is
amended by adding the following in
alphabetical order under the heading
``Other Government Institutions'' :
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Ethics Counsellor Conseiller en éthique
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REVIEW BY PARLIAMENT |
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| Review
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12. (1) The Lobbyists Registration Act
shall, on the expiration of four years after
the coming into force of this section, stand
referred to such committee of the Senate, of
the House of Commons or of both Houses of
Parliament as may be designated or
established to review the administration
and operation of that Act.
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| Report
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(2) The committee shall, within one year
after beginning the review or within such
further time as the Senate, the House of
Commons or both Houses of Parliament, as
the case may be, may authorize, submit a
report on the review to that House or both
Houses, including a statement of any
changes to the Lobbyists Registration Act
that the committee would recommend.
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TRANSITIONAL |
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| Definitions
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13. (1) In this section,
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| ``new law'' « nouvelle loi »
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``new law'' means section 5 of the Lobbyists
Registration Act as enacted by section 3 of
this Act;
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| ``old law'' « ancienne loi »
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``old law'' means section 5 of the Lobbyists
Registration Act as it read immediately
before the date on which the new law
comes into force.
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| Transitional
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(2) Every individual who was required by
the old law to submit a return to the
registrar in respect of an undertaking shall,
if the undertaking has not been completed
or terminated before the date on which the
new law comes into force, file with the
registrar, not later than two months after
the new law comes into force and in
accordance with the new law, a return in
respect of the undertaking.
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COMING INTO FORCE |
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| Coming into
force
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14. This Act or any of its provisions comes
into force on a day or days to be fixed by
order of the Governor in Council.
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