136, No. 26 — December 18, 2002

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SI/2002-164 18 December, 2002

ANTI-TERRORISM ACT

Order Fixing January 6, 2003 as the Date of the Coming into Force of Certain Sections of the Act

P.C. 2002-2075 5 December, 2002

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, pursuant to section 146 of the Anti-terrorism Act, assented to on December 18, 2001, being chapter 41 of the Statutes of Canada, 2001, hereby fixes January 6, 2003 as the day on which sections 54 to 64 of that Act come into force.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The Anti-terrorism Act amends the Criminal Code, the Official Secrets Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and a number of other Acts, and enacts the Charities Registration (Security Information) Act, in order to combat terrorism.

Order in Council P.C. 2001-2425, dated December 21, 2001 and registered as SI/2002-16, provided for the coming into force on December 24, 2001 of the Anti-terrorism Act, other than sections 52, 54 to 64, subsections 67(2) and (3) and section 74, which were to come into force at a later date. Order in Council P.C. 2002-867, dated May 23, 2002 and registered as SI/2002-86, provided for the coming into force on June 12, 2002 of section 52, subsections 67(2) and (3) and section 74.

This Order fixes January 6, 2003 as the date of the coming into force of sections 54 to 64 of that Act. Those provisions amend the Proceeds of Crime (Money laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, specifically the provisions providing for mandatory reporting to customs officers of the importation or exportation of currency or monetary instruments of a value equal to or greater than the amount prescribed.

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