On Clause 35,
Wayne Easter moved, — That Bill C-27, in Clause 35, be amended by adding after line 3 on page 20 the following:“(7) Despite subsection (6), the court shall not order the seized thing to be returned if
(a) in the case of an animal, animal product, animal by-product, veterinary biologic or other thing in respect of which the Health of Animals Act applies, it is, or is suspected to being, affected or contaminated by a disease or toxic substance as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act; or
(b) in the case of a plant or other thing in respect of which the Plant Protection Act applies, it is a pest, is infested with a pest or constitutes a biological obstacle to the control of a pest.”