Pending Amendments

See also: List of Criminal Code Amendments

Bill C-48

(Bill C-48)
Act Name	Citation	Royal Assent	In force	Amendment Text	Debates & Govt Docs
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail reform)	(Bill C-48)			draft text	Full Legislative History
Summary
"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to, among other things, (a) create a reverse onus provision for any person charged with a serious offence involving violence and the use of a weapon who has been convicted, within the last five years, of a serious offence involving violence and the use of a weapon; (b) add certain firearms offences to the existing reverse onus provisions; (c) expand the reverse onus provision for offences involving intimate partner violence to ensure that it applies to an accused person who has been previously discharged for such an offence; and (d) require the court to consider if an accused person has any previous convictions involving violence and to include in the record a statement that the safety and security of the community was considered. This enactment also makes further clarifications and provides for a parliamentary review of the provisions it enacts or amends to commence on the fifth anniversary of the day on which it receives royal assent, or as soon as feasible after that anniversary."
Amended Code Sec.

S-205: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders)
S-206: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors)
C-209: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act [E. May - Green]
S-213: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (independence of the judiciary)
S-231: An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Criminal Records Act, the National Defence Act and the DNA Identification Act [Carigan - CPC]
C-202: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct)
C-213: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate)
C-220: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against a health care worker)
C-229: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (banning symbols of hate)
C-233: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)
C-250: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (prohibition — promotion of antisemitism)
S-224: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) [Ataullahjan - CPC]