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{{Act2| An Act to amend the Criminal Code (presentence report) | (Bill C-375) | {{NA}} | {{NA}} | "This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require that a presentence report contain information on any aspect of the offender’s mental condition that is relevant for sentencing purposes." | It adds (a.1) to s. 721(3). | [http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-375/third-reading draft text]<Br> }}
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{{Act2| An Act to amend the Criminal Code (unconstitutional provisions) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts | (Bill C-39) | {{NA}} | {{NA}} | "This enactment amends the Criminal Code to, among other things, remove passages and repeal provisions that have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada. It also repeals section 159 of that Act and provides that no person shall be convicted of any historical offence of a sexual nature unless the act that constitutes the offence would constitute an offence under the Criminal Code if it were committed on the day on which the charge was laid. It also makes consequential amendments to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Youth Criminal Justice Act." |It replaces s. 7(4.1), 150.1(5), 161(1.1)(a), 229(c), 258(1)(c), (d), 273.3(1)(c), 274, 275, 276(1), 277, 278.2(1)(a), 486(3), 486.4(1)(a)(i), 719(3.1), 810.1(1). It modifies s. 179(1).  It adds s. 156. It repeals s. 159, 181, 230, 287, 490.011(1) "designated offence" (b)(iii)  |  [https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-39/ draft text] }}
{{Act2|An Act related to the repeal of section 159 of the Criminal Code | (Bill C-32) | {{NA}} | {{NA}} | The amendments intend to "repeal section 159 and to provide that no person shall be convicted of any historical offence of a sexual nature unless the act that constitutes the offence would constitute an offence under the Criminal Code if it were committed on the day on which the charge was laid. It also makes consequential amendments to that Act, the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Youth Criminal Justice Act." | It replaces s. 7(4.1), 150.1(5), 161(1.1)(a), 273.3.(1)(c), 274, 275, 276(1), 277, 287.2(1)(a), 486(3), 486.4(1)(a)(i), 810.1(1). It adds s. 156.  |[https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-32/ draft text] }}
{{Act2|An Act to amend the Criminal Code (victim surcharge) | (Bill C-28) | {{NA}} | {{NA}} | The amendments intend to "a) allow the court to exempt an offender from the payment of a victim surcharge in cases where the offender satisfies the court that the payment would cause the offender undue hardship and to provide the court with guidance with respect to what constitutes undue hardship;... provide that a victim surcharge is to be paid for each offence, with an exception for certain administration of justice offences if the total amount of surcharges imposed on an offender for these types of offences would be disproportionate in the circumstances; ...require courts to provide reasons for the application of any exception for certain administration of justice offences or any exemption from the payment of a victim surcharge; and... clarify that these amendments apply to any offender who is sentenced after the day on which the amendments come into force, regardless of whether or not the offence was committed before that day."| It replaces s. 673(b), 737(1), (1.1), (9), 785(b) . It adds s. 737(5),  (6), (6.1), (6.2), (10).  | [https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-28/ draft text] }}
{{Act2|An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing for violent offences against Aboriginal women)  | (Bill S-215) |{{NA}} |{{NA}} |The amendment adds the requirement for "a court, when imposing a sentence for certain violent offences, to consider the fact that the victim is an Aboriginal woman to be an aggravating circumstance". | The Act adds s. 239.1 and 273.01 to the Code. |[https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/S-215/ draft text] }}
{{Act2|An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children against standard child-rearing violence) | (Bill S-206) |  {{NA}}  | {{NA}} | This amendment to the Code "removes the justification in the Criminal Code available to schoolteachers, parents and persons standing in the place of parents of using force as a means of correction toward a pupil or child under their care." (see [[Corrective Force]], re s. 43 of Code) | It repeals s. 43. | [https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/S-206/ draft text] }}
DEAD BILLS as of June 2018
{{Act2|An Act to amend the Criminal Code (drug-impaired driving) | (Bill S-230) | {{NA}} | {{NA}}| The amendments "authorize the use of an approved screening device to detect the presence of drugs in the body of a person who was operating a vehicle or who had the care or control of a vehicle. It also authorizes the taking of samples of bodily substances to determine the concentration of drugs in a person’s body, based on physical coordination tests and the result of the analysis conducted using an approved screening device."  |It replaces s. 254(1) [approved screening device], 254(2), 254(3.4).  |[https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/S-230/ draft text] }}
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See also [[List of Criminal Code Amendments#Unproclaimed Amendments|Unproclaimed Amendments]] below for more laws awaiting order in council.

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Bill C-5

(Bill C-5)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-5) draft text Full Legislative History
Summary
Amended Code Sec.


Bill C-233

(Bill C-233)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-233) draft text Full Legislative History
Summary
Amended Code Sec.