Parliament of Canada Act

Marginal note:Prohibited contractual dealings

• 14 (1) No person who is a member of the Senate shall, directly or indirectly, knowingly and wilfully be a party to or be concerned in any contract under which the public money of Canada is to be paid.

• Marginal note:Penalty for contravention

  (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars for each day during which the contravention continues.

• Marginal note:Recovery of penalty

  (3) A sum forfeited by any person under subsection (2) is recoverable from that person by any person who sues for it in any court of competent jurisdiction in Canada.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (4) This section does not render any person liable to forfeiture by reason only that the person

  • (a) is a shareholder in any corporation having a contract or agreement with the Government of Canada, except any company that undertakes a contract for the building of any public work;

  • (b) is, or has been, a contractor for the loan of money or of securities for the payment of money to the Government of Canada under the authority of Parliament, after public competition; or

  • (c) is, or has been, a contractor in respect of the purchase or payment of the public stock or debentures of Canada, on terms common to all persons.