Members of forces, peace officers, etc. - Museums.

  92. (1)  Notwithstanding anything in this Act,

  (a) a member of the Canadian Forces or of the armed forces of a state
  other than Canada who is authorized under paragraph 14(a) of the
  Visiting Forces Act or who is attached or seconded to any of
  the Canadian Forces,

  (b) a peace officer or a person in the public service of Canada or
  employed by the government of a province,

  (c)  an officer under the Immigration Act, the Customs Act
  or the Excise Act, or

  (d)  a person who, under the authority of the Canadian Forces
  or a police force that includes peace officers or public
  officers, imports, manufactures, repairs, alters, modifies or
  sells weapons for or on behalf of the Canadian Forces or that
  police force is not guilty of an offence under this Act by reason
  only that, in the case of a person described in any of paragraphs
  (a) to (c), the person is required to possess and
  possesses a restricted or prohibited weapon for the purpose of the
  person's duties or employment and, in the case of a person described
  in paragraph (d), the person possesses a restricted or
  prohibited weapon in the course of business on behalf of the
  Canadian Forces or a police force referred to in that paragraph.

  (2) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, no operator of or
person employed in a museum established by the Chief of the Defence
Staff or a museum approved for the purposes of this Part by the
Commissioner or the Attorney General of the province in which it is
situated is guilty of an offence under this Act by reason only that the
person possesses a restricted or prohibited weapon for the purpose of
exhibiting that weapon or of storing, repairing, restoring, maintaining
or transporting that weapon for the purpose of exhibiting it.


R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.), Sched. 111; 1991, c. 40, s. 7.