Bill C-419
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2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48 Elizabeth II, 1999-2000
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-419 |
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An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act
(restrictions on telemarketing)
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| 1993, c. 38
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1. The Telecommunications Act is
amended by adding the following after
section 41:
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| Telemarketing
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41.1 (1) In subsections (2) to (6),
``telemarketing'' means the practice of
making an unsolicited telephone call or
sending an unsolicited facsimile, by wire or by
cell, radio, satellite or other wireless means of
communication, and whether made or sent by
an individual or automatically by any device
or equipment, for the purpose of selling
products or services or soliciting opinions or
preferences respecting the use or acquisition
of products or services, and "telemarketer"
has a corresponding meaning.
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| ``No
telemarketing'
' list
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(2) The Commission shall establish by
regulation a process whereby any person may,
in the manner prescribed by the regulations,
place a record on a list to be maintained by the
Commission that the person wishes to receive
no telemarketing at the telephone of which the
person specifies the number.
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| Removing
name from list
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(3) A person who places a record on the list
pursuant to subsection (2) may have the record
removed from the list by notice to the
Commission in the manner prescribed by the
regulations.
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| Publication of
list
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(4) The list referred to in subsection (2)
shall be published electronically by the
Commission no less than four times a year.
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| Telemarketer
to respect list
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(5) Every telemarketer must ensure that no
telephone number on the list referred to in
subsection (2) is subjected to telemarketing by
the telemarketer or by anyone employed by,
contracted to or under the control of the
telemarketer or by means of any device or
equipment owned or leased by or under the
control of the telemarketer.
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(6) Every telemarketer who contravenes
subsection (5) is guilty of an offence.
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