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# Are there any exceptions to the cash limit?

Yes. A licensee may accept more than $7,500 Canadian cash in connection with the provision of legal services for a client file if the cash is received is\
 

* for fees, disbursements, or expenses, provided that any refund out of such receipts is also made in cash;
* to pay a fine, a penalty, or bail;
* from a peace officer, law enforcement agency, or other agent of the Crown acting in an official capacity; or
* from one of the following entities:
  * a public body (click [here](https://app.gitbook.com/o/ggsDlhRYZtNo5CNK25hG/s/RV9e5tf54MgUZ2Huh8ah/cash-limits-and-exceptions/definition-of-public-body-regarding-cash-limit-exceptions) to see what "public body" includes);
  * an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of Section 2 of the [*Bank Act*](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/b-1.01/) (Canada) in respect of its business in Canada or a bank to which the [*Bank Act*](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/b-1.01/) (Canada) applies;
  * a cooperative credit society, savings and credit union, or caisse populaire that is regulated by a provincial or territorial Act;
  * an association that is regulated by the [*Cooperative Credit Associations Act*](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-41.01/);
  * a financial services cooperative that is regulated by [*An Act respecting financial services cooperatives (Quebec)*](http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-67.3) or [*An Act respecting the Mouvement Desjardins (Quebec)*](https://www.canlii.org/en/qc/laws/astat/sq-2000-c-77/latest/sq-2000-c-77.html) and that is not a caisse populaire, a credit union central or a federation of credit unions or caisses populaires that is regulated by a provincial other than Quebec, or territorial Act;
  * a company that is regulated by the [*Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada)*](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/t-19.8/)*;*
  * a trust company or loan company that is regulated by a provincial or territorial Act;  or
  * a department or agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada or of a province or territory where the department or agent accepts deposit liabilities in the course of providing financial services to the public.