Firearms Act

Marginal note:Advertising

• 112 (1) Every business or every person referred to below commits an offence that advertises a firearm in a manner that depicts, counsels or promotes violence against a person:

  • (a) a person who is an owner of or partner in the business;

  • (b) if the business is a corporation, a person who is a director or officer of the corporation;

  • (c) a person who has a relationship with a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) and who has a direct influence on the operations of the business.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (1.1) Subsection (1) does not apply to persons or businesses that advertise in their usual course of business directly to or on behalf of the film industry, the Canadian Forces or public safety personnel.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (2) Every business that, or every person referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) who, commits an offence under subsection (1)

  • (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment

    • (i) in the case of a first offence, for a term not exceeding two years, and

    • (ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, for a term not exceeding five years; or

  • (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.