Editorial Annotation

Exemptions

Statutory Text

191(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to (a) a police officer in possession of a device or component described in subsection (1) in the course of his employment; (b) a person in possession of such a device or component for the purpose of using it in an interception made or to be made in accordance with an authorization; (b.1) a person in possession of such a device or component under the direction of a police officer in order to assist that officer in the course of his duties as a police officer; (c) an officer or a servant of Her Majesty in right of Canada or a member of the Canadian Forces in possession of such a device or component in the course of his duties as such an officer, servant or member, as the case may be; and (d) any other person in possession of such a device or component under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.