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Bill C-629

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C-629

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament,

62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-629

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (invasive carp)

first reading, October 1, 2014

Mr. Masse

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Fisheries Act to prohibit the importation of invasive carp that has not been eviscerated. It also prohibits such invasive carp from being sent or conveyed from one province to another, as well as from being sold or possessed. It establishes that a contravention of these prohibitions constitutes an offence punishable by summary conviction or on indictment and sets penalties.

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2nd Session, 41st Parliament,

62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014

house of commons of canada

BILL C-629

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (invasive carp)

R.S., c. F-14

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

1. Subsection 2(1) of the Fisheries Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

“eviscerated”
« éviscérée »

“eviscerated” means a condition in which the organs within the body cavity have been completely removed;

“invasive carp”
« carpe envahissante »

“invasive carp” refers to any of the following of the cyprinid species:

(a) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella),

(b) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix),

(d) black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus);

2. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 33.1:

INVASIVE SPECIES

Importation prohibited

33.2 It is prohibited for a person to send or convey from one province to another — or to import — invasive carp that has not been eviscerated.

Sale or possession

33.3 It is prohibited for a person to sell, offer for sale or have in their possession invasive carp that has not been eviscerated.

3. The portion of subsection 40(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Offence and punishment

40. (1) Every person who contravenes section 33.2 or 33.3 or subsection 35(1) is guilty of an offence and liable

4. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 50:

Rights, powers and obligations

50.1 (1) For the purposes of the enforcement of sections 33.2 and 33.3, officers, within the meaning of that term in section 2 of the Customs Act, have the rights, powers and obligations of fishery officers under sections 49 to 52 of this Act.

Duty to assist

(2) The owner or person in charge of a place that is inspected by an officer in the exercise of the rights, powers and obligations referred to in subsection (1) and every person found in the place shall

(a) give the officer all reasonable assistance to enable the officer to carry out the inspection and exercise any power conferred by this section; and

(b) provide the officer with any information relevant to the administration of this Act or the regulations that the officer may reasonably require.

Precision

(3) For greater certainty, “place” includes a premises, vessel or vehicle.

Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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