9. It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to do anything that causes, assists or promotes or is intended to cause, assist or promote any act or thing prohibited by sections 2 to 8.

10. Sections 2 and 3 do not apply in respect of

• (a) goods consigned to the Canadian Embassies in Beijing or Seoul or their consular missions;

• (b) goods whose provision is set out in accordance with any agreement or arrangement between Canada and the DPRK and for which an export permit, if required, has been issued under the Export and Import Permits Act;

• (c) goods consigned to one of the following organizations for the purpose of safeguarding human life, disaster relief, stabilization or the providing of food, medicine, medical supplies or equipment, and for which an export permit, if required, has been issued under the Export and Import Permits Act:

  • (i) international organizations with diplomatic status,

  • (ii) United Nations agencies,

  • (iii) the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or

  • (iv) non-governmental organizations;

• (d) personal or settlers’ effects that are taken or shipped by an individual and that are solely for the use of the individual or the individual’s immediate family; or

• (e) personal correspondence, including lettermail, printed papers and postcards, of a weight not exceeding 250 g per item of correspondence.

11. Section 5 does not apply in respect of

• (a) any transaction in respect of the accounts at a financial institution that are used for the regular business of the Embassies of Canada in Beijing or Seoul or their consular missions;

• (b) a transaction by the Government of Canada that is provided for in any agreement or arrangement between Canada and the DPRK;

• (c) non-commercial remittances of less than $1,000 sent to or from the DPRK or any person in the DPRK, if the person providing the financial services keeps a record of the transaction;

• (d) any services provided by or to one of the following organizations for the purpose of safeguarding of human life, disaster relief, stabilization or the providing of food, medicine, medical supplies or equipment:

  • (i) international organizations with diplomatic status,

  • (ii) United Nations agencies,

  • (iii) the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or

  • (iv) a non-governmental organization that has entered into a grant or contribution agreement with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade or the Canadian International Development Agency; or

• (e) any pension payable to a person in the DPRK.

12. Section 6 does not apply in respect of technical data transferred, provided or communicated

• (a) by or to the Canadian Embassies in Beijing or Seoul or their consular missions;

• (b) pursuant to any agreement or arrangement between Canada and the DPRK and for which an export permit, if required, has been issued under the Export and Import Permits Act; or

• (c) to one of the organizations referred to in any of subparagraphs 10(c)(i) to (iv), for the purpose of safeguarding human life, disaster relief, stabilization or the providing of food, medicine, medical supplies or equipment, and for which an export permit, if required, has been issued under the Export and Import Permits Act.