BILL 21
An Act to Amend the Fish and Wildlife Act
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:
1 Subsection 1(1) of the Fish and Wildlife Act, chapter F-14.1 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1980, is amended
(a)  by repealing the definition “crossbow” and substituting the following:
“crossbow” means a device consisting of a bow that (arbalète)
(a)  has limbs fixed across a stock with a groove for a bolt, an arrow or other similar projectile and has a mechanism for holding and releasing the bow string, or
(b)  has an attached mechanical device that holds the bow at full or partial draw;
(b)  in the definition “loaded firearm”
(i) in paragraph (b) striking out “and” at the end of the paragraph;
(ii) in paragraph (c) by adding “and” at the end of the paragraph;
(iii) by adding after paragraph (c) the following:
(d)  in the case of a crossbow, a bow cocked and charged with a bolt, an arrow or other similar projectile;
(c)  in the definition “firearm” in the English version by striking out “longbow” and substituting “bow”;
(d)  by adding the following definitions in alphabetical order:
“arrow with a broad head” means an arrow the head of which has two, three or four blades but which does not have a blade that is barbed or is less than 20 mm at the widest point; (flèche à tête large)
“bolt with a broad head” means a bolt, arrow or other similar projectile, intended for use in a crossbow, the head of which has two, three or four blades but which does not have a blade that is barbed or is less than 20 mm at the widest point; (carreau à tête large)
“bow” means a longbow, a recurve bow or a compound bow with one or more wheels but does not include a crossbow; (arc)
2 Paragraph 43(1)(c) of the Act is repealed.
3 The Act is amended by adding after section 43 the following:
Offences respecting bows and crossbows
43.1 Every person commits an offence who has in his or her possession in a resort of wildlife one of the following firearms or projectiles:
(a)  a bow having a draw weight of less than 10 kg at or before 70 cm draw;
(b)  a crossbow that is not equipped with a mechanical trigger safety device;
(c)  a crossbow that has limbs fixed across a stock having a draw weight of less than 68 kg;
(d)  a crossbow that has an attached mechanical device that holds the bow at full or partial draw having a draw weight of less than 10 kg;
(e)  a bolt or an arrow that is coated in part or in whole with a poisonous substance or is designed to explode, the point of which is barbed or equipped with a ripper or the head of which has a blade that is barbed or is less than 20 mm at the widest point.
43.2 Every person commits an offence who hunts moose, deer or bear with one of the following firearms:
(a)  a bow having a draw weight of less than 20 kg at or before 70 cm draw;
(b)  a crossbow that has an attached mechanical device that holds the bow at full or partial draw having a draw weight of less than 20 kg;
(c)  a bow that is charged with a projectile other than an arrow with a broad head;
(d)  a crossbow that is charged with a projectile other than a bolt with a broad head.
4 Section 46 of the Act is amended
(a)  in subsection (2.1) by striking out “a bow charged with an arrow” and substituting “a bow or a crossbow charged with an arrow or with a bolt”;
(b)  in subsection (4) of the English version by striking out “, a shotgun loaded with other than a ball or slug or a bow charged with an arrow” and substituting “or a shotgun loaded with other than a ball or slug”;
(c)  in subsection (4.1) by striking out “a bow charged with an arrow” and substituting “a bow or a crossbow charged with an arrow or with a bolt”.
5 Schedule A of the Act is amended by striking out
43(1)(b)
50
300
43(1)(c)
50
300
43(1)(d)
100
300
43(1)(e)
100
300
and substituting the following:
43(1)(b)
50
300
43(1)(d)
100
300
43(1)(e)
100
300
43.1(a)
100
500
43.1(b)
100
500
43.1(c)
100
500
43.1(d)
100
500
43.1(e)
100
500
43.2(a)
100
500
43.2(b)
100
500
43.2(c)
100
500
43.2(d)
100
500