Firearms Act (S.C. 1995, c. 39)

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

• — 2015, c. 27, s. 10

  • 10 The Act is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

    • Obligation to provide information

      • 42.2 (1) A business may import a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm only if the business completes the prescribed form containing the prescribed information and provides it by electronic or other means to the Registrar before the importation and to a customs officer before or at the time of the importation.

      • Information sharing

        (2) The Registrar and a customs officer may provide each other with any form or information that they receive under subsection (1).

• — 2015, c. 27, s. 15

  • 15 Subsection 83(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (d):

    • (d.1) all information provided to the Registrar under section 42.2;

• — 2023, c. 32, s. 15

  • 15 Subsection 2(1) of the Firearms Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

    protection order

    protection order protection order has the meaning assigned by the regulations but is intended to include any binding order made by a court or other competent authority in the interest of the safety or security of a person; this includes but is not limited to orders that prohibit a person from:

    • (a) being in physical proximity to an identified person or following an identified person from place to place;

    • (b) communicating with an identified person, either directly or indirectly;

    • (c) being at a specified place or within a specified distance of that place;

    • (d) engaging in harassing or threatening conduct directed at an identified person;

    • (e) occupying a family home or a residence; or

    • (f) engaging in family violence. (ordonnance de protection)

• — 2023, c. 32, s. 38(2)

  • • 38 (2) Paragraph 87(1)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

      • (c) every prohibition order and protection order, and any variation or revocation of such orders, of which the chief firearms officer is informed under section 89; and

• — 2023, c. 32, s. 40

  • 40 The heading before section 89 is replaced by the following:

    Reporting of Prohibition Orders and Protection Orders

• — 2023, c. 32, s. 41

  • 41 Section 89 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 89(1) and is amended by adding the following:

    • Protection order

      (2) Any competent authority that makes, varies or revokes a protection order shall have a chief firearms officer informed of the protection order or its variation or revocation within 24 hours.

• — 2026, c. 19, s. 91

  • 91 Subparagraph 5(2)(a)(iii) of the Firearms Act is replaced by the following:

    • (iii) an offence under section 264 (criminal harassment) or 264.01 (coercion or control of intimate partner) of the Criminal Code,

• — 2026, c. 19, s. 184

  • 184 Section 6.1 of the Firearms Act is replaced by the following:

    • Protection orders, etc.

      6.1 Subject to section 70.3 and the regulations, an individual is not eligible to hold a licence if

      • (a) they are subject to a protection order;

      • (b) they have been convicted of an offence in the commission of which violence was used, threatened or attempted against their intimate partner or any member of their family; or

      • (c) a chief firearms officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the individual may have engaged in an act of domestic violence, as defined in subsection 70.1(2), or stalking.

• — 2026, c. 19, s. 185

  • 185 Subsections 72(4) and (5) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • Disposal of firearms, etc.

      (4) A notice given under subsection (1) in respect of a licence must specify that the applicant for or holder of the licence must deliver to a peace officer or a firearms officer or a chief firearms officer any firearm, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device or prohibited ammunition that the applicant for or holder of the licence possesses within 24 hours or, if that is not possible, within an extended period established by the chief firearms officer. Sections 91, 92 and 94 of the Criminal Code do not apply to the applicant or holder in relation to such a firearm, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon or prohibited device or such prohibited ammunition during that period.

    • Disposal of firearms — registration certificate

      (5) A notice given under subsection (1) in respect of a registration certificate for a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm must specify that the applicant for or holder of the registration certificate must deliver to a peace officer or a firearms officer or a chief firearms officer the firearm to which the registration certificate relates within 24 hours or, if that is not possible, within an extended period established by the chief firearms officer. Sections 91, 92 and 94 of the Criminal Code do not apply to the applicant or holder in relation to such a prohibited firearm or restricted firearm during that period.