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Canada Grain Act

Version of section 61 from 2020-07-01 to 2024-04-01:


Marginal note:Procedure on receipt of grain

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (2), if grain is lawfully offered at a licensed primary elevator for sale or storage, other than for special binning, the operator of the elevator shall, at the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, issue a cash purchase ticket or elevator receipt stating the grade name, grade and dockage of the grain, and immediately provide it to the producer.

  • Marginal note:Dispute

    (2) If the producer and the operator of the elevator do not agree as to the grade of the grain, the dockage or a prescribed grain quality characteristic, the operator shall

    • (a) take a sample of the grain in the prescribed manner;

    • (b) deal with the sample in the prescribed manner; and

    • (c) issue an interim elevator receipt in the prescribed form.

  • Marginal note:Commission’s report

    (3) On receipt of a report from the Commission that assigns a grade in respect of the sample and that determines the dockage and each disputed grain quality characteristic, the operator of the elevator shall issue, at the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, a cash purchase ticket or elevator receipt stating the grade name of the grain, the grade assigned in respect of the sample, the dockage so determined and each grain quality characteristic so determined, and immediately provide it to the producer.

  • R.S., 1985, c. G-10, s. 61
  • 1994, c. 45, s. 16
  • 2020, c. 1, s. 66

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