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Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Regulations (SOR/2017-233)

Regulations are current to 2024-08-18 and last amended on 2023-12-07. Previous Versions

Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Regulations

SOR/2017-233

JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF CORRUPT FOREIGN OFFICIALS ACT (SERGEI MAGNITSKY LAW)

Registration 2017-11-03

Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Regulations

P.C. 2017-1346 2017-11-02

Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that one or more of the circumstances described in subsection 4(2) of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law)Footnote a have occurred;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, pursuant to sections 4 and 14 of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law)Footnote a, makes the annexed Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Regulations.

List

Marginal note:Listed foreign national

 An individual whose name is listed in the schedule is a foreign national who, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, has committed an act set out in subsection 4(2) of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law).

Prohibitions

Marginal note:Prohibited activities

 It is prohibited for any person in Canada or any Canadian outside Canada to engage in any activity set out in paragraphs 4(3)(a) to (e) of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) if the activity involves an individual whose name is listed in the schedule.

Application Before Publication

Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

 For the purpose of paragraph 11(2)(a) of the Statutory Instruments Act, these Regulations apply before they are published in the Canada Gazette.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Registration

 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

 

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