C-5.3 - Cannabis Regulation Act

Section 7 Disposition versions

2022-09-01

7. It is prohibited for a person 21 years of age or over to possess, in one or more places other than a public place, a total amount of cannabis equivalent to more than 150 grams of dried cannabis as determined in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Cannabis Act (S.C. 2018, c. 16).

Furthermore, in a residence where two or more persons 21 years of age or over live or in an accommodation unit of a tourist accommodation establishment governed by the Tourist Accommodation Act (chapter H-1.01) where more than one such person is staying, it is prohibited for each of those persons to possess cannabis if they know this results in the total amount of cannabis in the residence being equivalent to more than 150 grams of dried cannabis as determined in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Cannabis Act.

Anyone who contravenes the first or second paragraph commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $250 to $750. Those amounts are doubled for a subsequent offence.

2018, c. 19, s. 19; 2019, c. 21, s. 3; 2021, c. 30, s. 45.

2020-01-01

7. It is prohibited for a person 21 years of age or over to possess, in one or more places other than a public place, a total amount of cannabis equivalent to more than 150 grams of dried cannabis as determined in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Cannabis Act (S.C. 2018, c. 16).

Furthermore, in a residence where two or more persons 21 years of age or over live or in an accommodation unit of a tourist accommodation establishment governed by the Act respecting tourist accommodation establishments (chapter E-14.2) where more than one such person is staying, it is prohibited for each of those persons to possess cannabis if they know this results in the total amount of cannabis in the residence being equivalent to more than 150 grams of dried cannabis as determined in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Cannabis Act.

Anyone who contravenes the first or second paragraph commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $250 to $750. Those amounts are doubled for a subsequent offence.

2018, c. 19, s. 19; 2019, c. 21, s. 3.

2018-10-17

7. It is prohibited for a person of full age to possess, in one or more places other than a public place, a total amount of cannabis equivalent to more than 150 grams of dried cannabis as determined in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Cannabis Act (S.C. 2018, c. 16).

Furthermore, in a residence where two or more persons of full age live, it is prohibited for each of those persons to possess cannabis if they know this results in the total amount of cannabis in the residence being equivalent to more than 150 grams of dried cannabis as determined in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Cannabis Act.

Anyone who contravenes the first or second paragraph commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $250 to $750. Those amounts are doubled for a subsequent offence.

2018, c. 19, s. 19.

Not in force

In force: 2018-10-17

7. It is prohibited for a person of full age to possess, in one or more places other than a public place, a total amount of cannabis equivalent to more than 150 grams of dried cannabis as determined in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Cannabis Act (S.C. 2018, c. 16).

Furthermore, in a residence where two or more persons of full age live, it is prohibited for each of those persons to possess cannabis if they know this results in the total amount of cannabis in the residence being equivalent to more than 150 grams of dried cannabis as determined in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Cannabis Act.

Anyone who contravenes the first or second paragraph commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $250 to $750. Those amounts are doubled for a subsequent offence.

2018, c. 19, s. 19.