Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act

E574396

Canadian federal statute national security law

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act is the federal law that establishes and governs Canada’s civilian intelligence agency, defining its mandate, powers, and oversight framework for national security activities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian federal statute ⓘ national security law ⓘ
administeredBy	Minister of Public Safety (or successor portfolio) NERFINISHED ⓘ
amendedBy	Anti-terrorism Act, 2001 NERFINISHED ⓘ Anti-terrorism Act, 2015 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Security Act, 2017 (Bill C-59) NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorizes	collection of information respecting activities suspected of constituting threats to the security of Canada ⓘ security assessments for government security clearances ⓘ security screening for immigration and citizenship matters ⓘ
cameIntoForceInDecade	1980s ⓘ
citationStyle	R.S.C., 1985, c. C-23 ⓘ
contains	offences related to unauthorized disclosure of information ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
definesMandateOf	Canadian Security Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
definesOversightFrameworkFor	Canadian Security Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
definesPowersOf	Canadian Security Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
definesTerm	threats to the security of Canada ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishes	Canadian Security Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
excludesFromDefinition	lawful advocacy, protest or dissent (except where carried on in conjunction with threats to the security of Canada) ⓘ
governs	Canadian Security Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
languageOfOfficialText	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalForm	Act of Parliament ⓘ
providesFor	accountability mechanisms for Canadian Security Intelligence Service ⓘ ministerial direction to Canadian Security Intelligence Service ⓘ protection of information sources ⓘ protection of operational methods ⓘ reporting to the Government of Canada ⓘ review of CSIS activities ⓘ warrant regime for intrusive intelligence activities ⓘ
purpose	to ensure that security intelligence activities are conducted within a legal and accountable framework in Canada ⓘ
regulates	analysis of security intelligence ⓘ collection of security intelligence ⓘ cooperation with domestic law enforcement agencies ⓘ cooperation with foreign intelligence agencies ⓘ reporting of security intelligence ⓘ
relatedTo	Criminal Code (Canada) NERFINISHED ⓘ National Defence Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Security of Information Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	Security Service of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (as primary civilian security intelligence body) NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	CSIS to report to the Minister responsible NERFINISHED ⓘ annual reporting on its operations ⓘ
requiresAuthorizationFrom	Federal Court of Canada (for certain warrants) NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	CSIS Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	intelligence activities ⓘ national security ⓘ security intelligence ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bill C-51 (anti-terrorism legislation) → amendsAct → Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act ⓘ

Communications Security Establishment Act → relatedTo → Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act ⓘ

Canadian Security Intelligence Service → legalBasis → Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act ⓘ