Competition Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34)

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2010-03-12. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Where application made under section 76, 79, 90.1 or 92

45.1 No proceedings may be commenced under subsection 45(1) against a person on the basis of facts that are the same or substantially the same as the facts on the basis of which an order against that person is sought by the Commissioner under section 76, 79, 90.1 or 92.

  • R.S., 1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.), s. 31;
  • 2009, c. 2, s. 410.
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Marginal note:Foreign directives

  • 46. (1) Any corporation, wherever incorporated, that carries on business in Canada and that implements, in whole or in part in Canada, a directive, instruction, intimation of policy or other communication to the corporation or any person from a person in a country other than Canada who is in a position to direct or influence the policies of the corporation, which communication is for the purpose of giving effect to a conspiracy, combination, agreement or arrangement entered into outside Canada that, if entered into in Canada, would have been in contravention of section 45, is, whether or not any director or officer of the corporation in Canada has knowledge of the conspiracy, combination, agreement or arrangement, guilty of an indictable offence and liable on conviction to a fine in the discretion of the court.

  • Marginal note:Limitation

    (2) No proceedings may be commenced under this section against a particular company where an application has been made by the Commissioner under section 83 for an order against that company or any other person based on the same or substantially the same facts as would be alleged in proceedings under this section.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-34, s. 46;
  • R.S., 1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.), s. 32;
  • 1999, c. 2, s. 37.

Definition of “bid-rigging”

  • 47. (1) In this section, “bid-rigging” means

    • (a) an agreement or arrangement between or among two or more persons whereby one or more of those persons agrees or undertakes not to submit a bid or tender in response to a call or request for bids or tenders, or agrees or undertakes to withdraw a bid or tender submitted in response to such a call or request, or

    • (b) the submission, in response to a call or request for bids or tenders, of bids or tenders that are arrived at by agreement or arrangement between or among two or more bidders or tenderers,

    where the agreement or arrangement is not made known to the person calling for or requesting the bids or tenders at or before the time when any bid or tender is submitted or withdrawn, as the case may be, by any person who is a party to the agreement or arrangement.

  • Marginal note:Bid-rigging

    (2) Every person who is a party to bid-rigging is guilty of an indictable offence and liable on conviction to a fine in the discretion of the court or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, or to both.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (3) This section does not apply in respect of an agreement or arrangement that is entered into or a submission that is arrived at only by companies each of which is, in respect of every one of the others, an affiliate.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-34, s. 47;
  • R.S., 1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.), s. 33;
  • 2009, c. 2, s. 411.
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