Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act.

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2. (1) In this Act,

  “appropriate officer”

  « officier compétent »

  “appropriate officer” means, in respect of a member, such officer as is designated pursuant to subsection (3);

  “child”

  « enfant »

  “child” means a person who is or, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, appears to be under the age of eighteen years;

  “Code of Conduct”

  « code de déontologie »

  “Code of Conduct” means the regulations made pursuant to section 38;

  “Commission”

  « Commission »

  “Commission” means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission established by section 45.29;

  “Commission Chairman”

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  “Commission Chairman” means the Chairman of the Commission;

  “Commissioner”

  « commissaire »

  “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;

  “Committee”

  « Comité »

  “Committee” means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee established by section 25;

  “Committee Chairman”

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  “Committee Chairman” means the Chairman of the Committee;

  “Force”

  « Gendarmerie »

  “Force” means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;

  “guardian”

  « tuteur »

  “guardian” means, in respect of a child, any person, other than a parent of the child, who is under a legal duty to provide for the child or who has, in law or in fact, the custody or control of the child;

  “member”

  « membre »

  “member” means any person

  • (a) who has been appointed as an officer or other member of the Force under section 5 or paragraph 6(3)(a) or 7(1)(a), and

  • (b) who has not been dismissed or discharged from the Force as provided in this Act, the regulations or the Commissioner’s standing orders;

  “Minister”

  « ministre »

  “Minister” means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness;

  “officer”

  « officier »

  “officer” means a member appointed by the Governor in Council pursuant to section 5 or paragraph 6(3)(a);

  “representative”

  « représentant »

  “representative” means a member who is representing or assisting another member pursuant to section 47.1.

• Marginal note:Commissioner’s standing orders

  (2) The rules made by the Commissioner under any provision of this Act empowering the Commissioner to make rules shall be known as Commissioner’s standing orders.

• Marginal note:Designation

  (3) The Commissioner may, by rule, designate an officer to be the appropriate officer in respect of a member either for the purposes of this Act generally or for the purposes of any provision thereof in particular.