Customs Bonded Warehouses Regulations

4 For the purposes of subsection 91(4) of the Customs Tariff, security shall be deposited with the chief officer of customs and shall be in the form of

• (a) cash;

• (b) a certified cheque;

• (c) a transferable bond issued by the Government of Canada; or

• (d) a bond issued by

  • (i) a company that is licensed or otherwise authorized under the laws of Canada or of a province to carry on the fidelity or surety class of insurance business and that is recommended to the Treasury Board by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions as a company whose bonds may be accepted by the Government of Canada,

  • (ii) a member of the Canadian Payments Association referred to in section 4 of the Canadian Payments Association Act,

  • (iii) a corporation that accepts deposits insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Régie de l’assurance-dépôts du Québec to the maximum amounts permitted by the statutes under which those institutions were established,

  • (iv) a credit union as defined in subsection 137(6) of the Income Tax Act, or

  • (v) a corporation that accepts deposits from the public, if repayment of the deposits is guaranteed by Her Majesty in right of a province.