Contraventions Regulations (SOR/96-313)

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Regulations are current to 2024-10-14 and last amended on 2024-05-03. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE III.01(Sections 1 to 4)Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994

PART I

Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994

Item	Provision of Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	5(a)	(a) Unlawfully possess a migratory bird	200 plus 50 per additional bird
1	5(a)	(b) Unlawfully possess a migratory bird’s nest	200 plus 50 per additional nest
2	5(b)	(a) Unlawfully buy a migratory bird	300 plus 50 per additional bird
		(b) Unlawfully sell a migratory bird	300 plus 50 per additional bird
		(c) Unlawfully exchange a migratory bird	300 plus 50 per additional bird
		(d) Unlawfully give a migratory bird	300 plus 50 per additional bird
		(e) Unlawfully make a migratory bird the subject of a commercial transaction	300 plus 50 per additional bird
		(f) Unlawfully buy a migratory bird’s nest	300 plus 50 per additional nest
		(g) Unlawfully sell a migratory bird’s nest	300 plus 50 per additional nest
		(h) Unlawfully exchange a migratory bird’s nest	300 plus 50 per additional nest
		(i) Unlawfully give a migratory bird’s nest	300 plus 50 per additional nest
		(j) Unlawfully make a migratory bird’s nest the subject of a commercial transaction	300 plus 50 per additional nest
3	6(6)	(a) Knowingly make a false statement to a game officer	300
		(b) Knowingly make a misleading statement to a game officer	300
		(c) Wilfully obstruct a game officer	300

PART II

Migratory Birds Regulations, 2022

Item	Provision of Migratory Birds Regulations, 2022	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	5(1)(a)	Unlawfully capturing, killing, taking, injuring or harassing a migratory bird, or attempting to do so	400 per bird
2	5(1)(b)	Unlawfully destroying, taking or disturbing a migratory bird egg	250 per egg
3	5(1)(c)	Unlawfully damaging, destroying, removing or disturbing a nest, nest shelter, eider duck shelter or duck box	250 per nest, shelter or box
4	6(1)	Depositing bait in a specified area within the specified period	250
5	6(5)	Failure to post a sign at the place where bait is deposited	150
6	7(1)	Entering a lure crop area or lure station area without authorization	150
7	7(2)	Hunting in a lure crop area or a lure station area that is closed	250
8	8(1)	Destroying, damaging, altering or removing a sign related to prohibited activities	150
9	8(2)	Destroying, damaging, altering or removing a sign related to bait	150
10	9	Introducing into Canada a non-indigenous species without the specified consent	1000
11	10(2)	Possessing, for the purpose of shipping, a migratory bird or a nest with non-compliant packaging	150
12	17	Failure to submit the report within the required time	150
13	19(6)(a)	Hunting during closed season	250
14	19(6)(b)	Killing or taking migratory game birds or murres in excess of the daily bag limit	250 plus 50 per additional bird
15	19(6)(c)	Possessing migratory game birds or murres in excess of the possession limit	250 plus 50 per additional bird
16	19(7)	Hunting where hunting has been prohibited	250
17	22(3)	Failure to preserve a migratory game bird before giving it to the holder of a charity permit	150
18	27(1)	Unauthorized hunting	250 per bird
19	28(1)	Hunting in a specified area during a closed season	250 per bird
20	28(2)	Hunting during an open season except on specified land	200
21	28(3)(a)	Hunting north of 60° north latitude during the prohibited time	250
22	28(3)(b)	Hunting south of 60° north latitude during the prohibited time	250
23	31(1)	Hunting under a permit without a conservation stamp	150
24	32(2)	Hunting without a specified accompanying individual	100
25	32(3)	Accompanying more than two minors	150
26	34(1)	Failure to have the hunting permit on one’s person	250
27	34(2)	Failure to show the hunting permit to the game officer	250
28	36(1)	Hunting within 400 m of bait	250
29	37(1)(a)	Hunting with an unauthorized bow	250
30	37(1)(b)	Hunting with an unauthorized crossbow	250
31	37(1)(c)	Hunting with an unauthorized shotgun	250
32	37(2)(a)	Possessing a shotgun holding more than three cartridges in a hunting area	250
33	37(2)(b)	Possessing a detachable magazine capable of holding more than two cartridges in a hunting area	250
34	37(3)(a)	Possessing more than one shotgun in a hunting area	250
35	37(3)(b)	Possessing an unauthorized shotgun in a hunting area	250
36	37(4)	Hunting with a shotgun loaded with a cartridge containing a single projectile	250
37	38(1)	Hunting while possessing toxic shot in the hunting area or using toxic shot	500
38	39(1)	Hunting using live birds or electronic bird calls	250
39	40(1)	Hunting from or using an aircraft or motorized land vehicle	250
40	41(1)	Hunting from or using a moving boat equipped with a motor or sail	250
41	42(1)	Hunting without adequate means of retrieval	250
42	42(2)	Failure to retrieve a migratory game bird as soon as circumstances permit	250
43	42(3)	Failure to kill and retrieve a wounded migratory bird in the specified manner	250
44	43(1)	Killing or taking migratory game birds in excess of daily bag limit	250 plus 50 per additional bird
45	44	Hunting after the daily bag limit has been reached	250 plus 50 per additional bird
46	46(1)	Possessing a number of migratory game birds in excess of the possession limit	250 plus 50 per additional bird
47	46(2)	Possessing a number of murres in excess of the possession limit	250 plus 50 per additional murre
48	48(2)	Temporarily possessing a migratory game bird for taxidermy for profit without a permit	400
49	50(1)	Allowing a migratory game bird that is not labeled or preserved to enter the possession of another person	250
50	50(2)	Possessing a migratory game bird taken by another person without a label	250
51	51(1)	Possessing more than 200 migratory game birds	250 plus 50 per additional bird
52	51(2)	Possessing a migratory game bird that is of a species at risk	500 per bird
53	51(3)	Failure to store migratory game birds in the specified location	150
54	51(5)	Failure to keep the specified records of dead migratory game birds	150
55	52(1)	Possessing or transporting a migratory game bird without a fully feathered wing or head attached	150
56	52(2)	Failure to store migratory game birds in the specified manner	250 per bird
57	54(2)	Failure to preserve a migratory game bird before giving it to the holder of a charity permit	150
58	55(1)	Allowing the meat of a migratory game bird to be abandoned or to become inedible	250
59	65(4)	Failure to carry the written nomination on one’s person	150
60	65(5)(a)	Failure to return a cancelled or expired permit	150
61	65(5)(b)	Failure to report required information	150
62	66(1)	Possessing a migratory bird without a fully feathered wing or head attached	150
63	66(2)	Failure to store migratory birds in the specified manner	150
64	67(2)	Failure to preserve a migratory game bird before giving it to the holder of a charity permit	150
65	68(1)	Giving a migratory bird that is not labelled or preserved	150
66	68(2)	Possessing a migratory bird that is not labelled or preserved	150
67	69(1)(a)	Shooting migratory birds elsewhere than on or over specified fields	250
68	69(1)(b)	Discharging firearms within 50 m of a body of water	250
69	69(1)(c)	Using decoys or bird calls	250
70	69(1)(d)	Using blinds or other concealment	250
71	72(2)	Possessing birds for a purpose other than disposing of them	150
72	73	Using or possessing toxic shot for the purpose of scaring or killing birds	500
73	75(5)(a)	Failure to have the scientific permit on one’s person	150
74	75(5)(b)	Failure to show the scientific permit	150
75	75(6)(a)	Failure to have a copy of the scientific permit on one’s person	150
76	75(6)(b)	Failure to show the copy of the scientific permit	150
77	75(7)(a)	Failure to record the specified information	200
78	75(7)(b)	Failure to record the information required by the Minister	150
79	75(8)	Failure to submit the specified report to the Minister	200
80	75(9)	Failure to dispose of a bird in accordance with the conditions of the permit	250
81	76(3)	Killing migratory birds possessed under an aviculture permit by shooting them	400 per bird
82	76(4)	Releasing into the wild a migratory bird possessed under an aviculture permit without authorization	1000
83	76(6)	Failure to deposit the bait in the specified location	250
84	76(7)(a)	Failure to keep the specified records	250
85	76(7)(b)	Failure to submit the specified report within the required time	250
86	78	Receiving or accepting a migratory bird for mounting without the written statement	250
87	79(1)	Failure to keep the specified records	250
88	79(2)	Failure to submit the annual report or any other report required by the Minister	250
89	81	Failure to leave sufficient eiderdown in a nest	1000
90	82(4)(a)	Failure to keep the specified records	150
91	82(4)(b)	Failure to maintain the specified records during the specified period	150

PART III

Migratory Birds Sanctuary Regulations

Item	Provision of Migratory Birds Sanctuary Regulations	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	3(2)(a)	Hunt migratory birds without permit	150
2	3(2)(b)	(a) Disturb nest of migratory bird without permit	150
		(b) Destroy nest of migratory bird without permit	150
		(c) Take nest of migratory bird without permit	150
3	3(2)(c)	(a) Possess live migratory bird without permit	150
		(b) Possess carcass of migratory bird without permit	150
		(c) Possess skin of migratory bird without permit	150
		(d) Possess nest of migratory bird without permit	150
		(e) Possess egg of migratory bird without permit	150
4	4(1)(a)	Possess a firearm	300
5	4(1)(b)	Unlawfully possess hunting appliance	300
6	5(1)	(a) Permit dog to run at large	200
6	5(1)	(b) Permit cat to run at large	200
7	6	(a) Climb cliff on north or east side of Bonaventure Island during May to August inclusive	200
		(b) Attempt to climb cliff on north or east side of Bonaventure Island during May to August inclusive	200
		(c) Climb cliff on north or east side of Percé Rock during May to August inclusive	200
		(d) Attempt to climb cliff on north or east side of Percé Rock during May to August inclusive	200
8	8	Use, without permit, boat or other floating device equipped with means of propulsion other than sails or oars in Vaseux Lake Bird Sanctuary	200
9	9(2)	Fail to furnish requested information to Minister	100
10	10(1)	(a) Unlawfully carry on activity harmful to migratory birds	200
		(b) Unlawfully carry on activity harmful to the eggs of migratory birds	200
		(c) Unlawfully carry on activity harmful to the nests of migratory birds	200
		(d) Unlawfully carry on activity harmful to the habitat of migratory birds	200

SOR/97-469, s. 4
SOR/98-426, s. 2
SOR/2001-517, ss. 5 to 9
SOR/2016-200, ss. 39, 40, 51
SOR/2020-86, s. 3
SOR/2023-136, s. 3

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SCHEDULE III.01(Sections 1 to 4)Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994