This would be an interesting court case. Under the Explosives act the definition is as follows “explosive” means any thing that is made, manufactured or used to produce an explosion or a detonation or pyrotechnic effect, and includes any thing prescribed to be an explosive by the regulations, but does not include gases, organic peroxides or any thing prescribed not to be an explosive by the regulations;
It should also be a Regulatory issue. As I read
Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted, SOR/98-462
PART 5
PROHIBITED AMMUNITION
Former Prohibited Weapons Order, No. 10
1. Any cartridge that is capable of being discharged from a commonly available semi-automatic handgun or revolver and that is manufactured or assembled with a projectile that is designed, manufactured or altered so as to be capable of penetrating body armour, including KTW, THV and 5.7 x 28 mm P-90 cartridges.
2. Any projectile that is designed, manufactured or altered to ignite on impact, where the projectile is designed for use in or in conjunction with a cartridge and does not exceed 15 mm in diameter.
3. Any projectile that is designed, manufactured or altered so as to explode on impact, where the projectile is designed for use in or in conjunction with a cartridge and does not exceed 15 mm in diameter.
4. Any cartridge that is capable of being discharged from a shotgun and that contains projectiles known as “fléchettes” or any similar projectiles.
There would be a non crimianal fine if i'm not correct.
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Explosives Regulatory Division
June 2008
3.1 Products Not Authorized in Canada
Certain cartridges and accessories will not be authorized. For example, if a cartridge (or ammunition) is included in the Criminal Code regulations under SOR/98-462 “Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and Other Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted,” the request will be addressed accordingly.
The following types of cartridges and accessories will not be authorized for commercial purposes:
•cartridges and projectiles that are prohibited under the Criminal Code (R.S., c. C-34, s.1.); this includes any cartridge that is manufactured or assembled with a projectile that is designed, manufactured or altered so as to be capable of penetrating body armour, for example, any ammunition described as armour piercing (AP) or with a projectile that is made of a pointed thick jacket with a heavy core, or that is coated with teflon;
•frangible ammunition;
•ammunition that includes a tracer, an incendiary composition, a high explosive or other similar military-type ammunition;
•cartridges that contain tear gas, mace or other gas, or any liquid, spray, powder or other substance that is capable of injuring, immobilizing or otherwise incapacitating any person, when it is to be used for the purpose of injuring, immobilizing or otherwise incapacitating any person by the discharge of the gas or liquid (note that if the proven intended use is against animals, the cartridge may be considered for authorization and will be subject to a product registration from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada);
•cartridges judged excessively violent by the Chief Inspector of Explosives;
•cartridges not properly labeled;
•cartridges that have a history of injuries due to poor design or manufacture;
•cartridges containing corrosive primers using potassium chlorate as the oxidizer in the priming compound, and mercury fulminate primers.
As a regulatory issue, it only mentions tracers in the commercial sense, not the possession as one would expect. So if a police officer were familiar with the act, what sort of fine or sentence could be occurred?
