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PART 3: Enforcement
§148

Obligation of operators of vehicles and facilities

Obligation of operators of vehicles and facilities

🍁 In Simple Terms

Airlines, shipping companies, and other carriers who bring people to Canada must follow strict rules: they cannot carry people who lack required documents or who an officer has told them not to carry; they must hold passengers' documents until examination begins; they must detain people who are refused entry; and they must return inadmissible passengers to their origin at their own expense.

Affects: Persons subject to removal or detention
Legal Text — IRPA Section 148

(1)A person who owns or operates a vehicle or a transportation facility, and an agent for such a person, must, in accordance with the regulations,(a) not carry to Canada a person who is prescribed or does not hold a prescribed document, or whom an officer directs not to be carried;

(b)hold the prescribed documentation of a person whom it carries to Canada until an examination begins, present the person for examination and hold the person until the examination is completed;

(c)arrange for a medical examination and medical treatment and observation of a person it carries to Canada;

(d)provide prescribed information, including documentation and reports;

(e)provide facilities for the holding and examination of persons being carried to Canada;

(f)carry from Canada a person whom it has carried to or caused to enter Canada and who is prescribed or whom an officer directs to be carried;

(g)pay for all prescribed costs and fees relating to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f); and

(h)provide security for compliance with its obligations under paragraphs (a) to (g).

In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada — IRPA s. 148 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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