ar15 lower engraveing

[stencollector]

Is this in the Fire Arms Act, do you have a link. First I have heard of it?

It is as of the date shown.
Here is the link to the gazette:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partII/2004/20041215/html/sor275-e.html

Here is the preamble:

FIREARMS ACT
Firearms Marking Regulations

P.C. 2004-1435 29 November, 2004

Whereas, pursuant to section 118 of the Firearms Act (see footnote a), the Solicitor General of Canada had the proposed Firearms Marking Regulations laid before each House of Parliament on June 13, 2003, which date is at least 30 sitting days before the date of this Order;

And whereas subsection 119(1) of the Firearms Act (see footnote b) provides that no proposed regulation that has been laid pursuant to section 118 of that Act need again be laid, whether or not it has been altered;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Solicitor General of Canada, pursuant to section 117 (see footnote c) of the Firearms Act (see footnote d), hereby makes the annexed Firearms Marking Regulations.

And this is some of the typical liberal minded justification for these regulations:

These marking requirements also lend support to firearms tracing when firearms are recovered at crime scenes, found or seized. Tracing is important in the investigation of criminal activity, most notably cross-border and international trafficking and smuggling of firearms. Country marking provides law enforcement officials with essential information to help identify the sources of crime guns.

I'm not 100% certain that these regultaions haven't been delayed by the CFC however. It is this batch of regulations that require the importer/mfgr to place additional markings on a gun.

 

[Craftsman 441]

So, it would be illegal to fill in "MADE IN CHINA" and "EXPORTED BY NORINCO"?
I would have thought that as long as the serial number remained untouched, it was ok to fill in engravings.