Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Hamas Terrorist Attacks) Regulations

Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that the attacks by Hamas against the State of Israel that started on October 7, 2023, constitute a grave breach of international peace and security that has resulted in a serious international crisis;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Hamas Terrorist Attacks) Regulations under paragraph 4(1)(a)^a and subsections 4(1.1)^b, (2)^c and (3) of the Special Economic Measures Act^d.

^a S.C. 2022, c. 10, s. 438(1)

^b S.C. 2017, c. 21, s. 17(2)

^c S.C. 2023, c. 26, ss. 254(2) to (4)

^d S.C. 1992, c. 17

Amendments

1 Part 1 of the schedule to the Special Economic Measures (Hamas Terrorist Attacks) Regulations¹ is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

25. Musa Muhammad Salim Dudin (born on June 12, 1972)
26. Amer Kamal Sharif Alshawa (born on April 29, 1964)
27. Walid Mohammed Mustafa Jadallah (born on January 1, 1958)
28. Ahmed Sadu Jahleb (born on December 23, 1976)
29. Zuhair Shamlakh (born on November 15, 1980)
30. Alaa Shamlakh (born on April 7, 1974)
31. Ahmed Shamlakh (born on February 9, 1986)
32. Imad Shamlakh (born on May 19, 1972)
33. Nabil Khaled Halil Chouman (born on September 1, 1954)
34. Khaled Chouman (born on April 2, 1987)
35. Reda Ali Khamis (born on September 20, 1967)

¹ SOR/2024-17

2 Part 2 of the schedule to the Regulations is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

3. Al-Markaziya Li-Siarafa
4. Nabil Chouman & Co.

Application Before Publication

3 For the purpose of paragraph 11(2)(a) of the Statutory Instruments Act, these Regulations apply according to their terms before they are published in the Canada Gazette.

Coming into Force

4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.