List of Criminal Code Amendments (2010 to 2019)

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2010 to 2019

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Act Name	Citation	Royal Assent	In force	Summary	Amended Code Sec.	Amendment Text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	2019, c. 25 (Bill C-75)	June 21, 2019 [1]	On Royal Assent: s. 278, 301, 314. 90 days after RA: 1(1), (2), 2, 3, 4(1), 6 to 23, 25 to 29, 33 to 46, 48 to 50 and 52, 55(2), 56 to 59, 61, 63, 64 to 69, 70 to 72, 74 to 76, 79 to 88, 90, 92 to 97, 103 to 110, 112 to 156, 157(1), 158 to 181 and 183 to 186, 187(2), 188, 191 to 201, 203 to 208 and 216, 225(2), 237 to 244, 245(1) to (3), 246, 247, 250, 251, 252 and 253, 254(1), (4), (5) and 255(1), (2), (4) and (5), 256 to 259, 260(1), 261 to 263, 265, 267 to 275, 277, 281(1), (2), 282 to 286, 289 to 294, 298, 299, 302, 305 to 307, 315 to 319, 321, 322, 329 to 333, 334(1), (2), 336(1), 338 to 344, 345(1), 346, 347, 348(1) and (2) and 349(1) and (2), 350 to 353, 370(1) and 376 to 379, 382, 385, 399 and 400.‍1 180 days after RA: (Dec 18th) s. 1(3), 5, 24, 30 to 32, 47 and 91, 157(2), 182, 187(1), 209 to 215, 217 to 224, 225(1), (3) to (7), 226 to 236, 245(4), 248, 249, 254(2), (3), 255(3) and 260(2), 264, 266, 276, 279 and 280, 281(3) and (4), 287, 288, 295, 296, 297, 300, 303, 304, 308 to 313, 323 to 328, 334(3), 335, 336(2), 337, 345(2), 348(3), 349(3), 361 to 369, 370(2), 371 to 375, 380, 381, 387 to 393, 396 to 398 and 400	Makes changes on various parts of the code, including bail, jury selection, intimate partner violence, victim fine surcharge, warrants, administration of justices offences, limitations on preliminary inquiries, increase maximum penalties, remove unconstitutional offences, and numerous changes to YCJA.	Sections replaced or amended in part: s. 2, 2.3, 3.1, 7(4.1), 20, 52(1), 57(3), 58(1), 62(1), 62(1), 65, 69, 70(3), 73(a) and (b), 82(1), 83.‍02,83.‍03 Sections repealed in whole or part: s. 7(2.‍32), 52(1), 58(1), 83.‍02	final reading draft text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bestiality and animal fighting)	2019, c. 17 (Bill C-84)	June 21, 2019	On Royal Assent	" enactment amends the Criminal Code to... define “bestiality”... expand the scope of the offence of encouraging, aiding or assisting at the fighting or baiting of animals or birds so that the offence...includes promoting, arranging, receiving money for or taking part in the fighting or baiting of animals or birds, and... also applies with respect to the training, transporting or breeding of animals or birds for fighting or baiting; and... expand the scope of the offence of building, making, maintaining or keeping a cockpit so that the offence applies with respect to any arena for animal fighting."	Amends s. 160, 445.1, and 447.	draft text CanLII text
An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms	2019, c. 9 (Bill C-71)	June 21, 2019	?			Open Parliament status CanLII text
An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments)	2018, c. 26 (Bill C-47)	December 13, 2018	September 1, 2019 (SI/ 2019-0041)	"The enactment amends the Criminal Code to include, for interception of private communications purposes, the offence of brokering in the definition of “offence” in section 183." (second reading)	It modifies s. 183.	draft text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	2018, c. 21 (Bill C-46)	June 21, 2018	June 21, 2018 (s. 1 to 11) December 18, 2018 (s. 12 to 50)	Part 1 amends the provisions of the Criminal Code that deal with offences and procedures relating to drug-impaired driving. Among other things, the amendments ... enact new criminal offences for driving with a blood drug concentration that is equal to or higher than the permitted concentration; ... authorize the Governor in Council to establish blood drug concentrations; and ... authorize peace officers who suspect a driver has a drug in their body to demand that the driver provide a sample of a bodily substance for analysis by drug screening equipment that is approved by the Attorney General of Canada. Part 2 repeals the provisions of the Criminal Code that deal with offences and procedures relating to conveyances, including those provisions enacted by Part 1, and replaces them with provisions in a new Part of the Criminal Code that, among other things, ... re-enact and modernize offences and procedures relating to conveyances; ... authorize mandatory roadside screening for alcohol;... establish the requirements to prove a person’s blood alcohol concentration; and... increase certain maximum penalties and certain minimum fines.	It replaces s. 253(3), (4), 254(2). It adds 253.1. It modifies/replaces s. 253 to 259, 335(2), 461(3), 487.04, 487.1(1),(5),(7),(8), 662(5), 673, 680(1), 729.1(2),(3), 752, 785, 811.1(2), Form 5.04, 5.1, 5.2. It adds s. 320.11 to 320.4.	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act	2018, c. 29 (Bill C-51)	December 13, 2018	On Royal Assent except for s. 73 and 75 that are on the first anniversary of Royal Assent	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to amend, remove or repeal passages and provisions that have been ruled unconstitutional or that raise risks with regard to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as passages and provisions that are obsolete, redundant or that no longer have a place in criminal law. It also modifies certain provisions of the Code relating to sexual assault in order to clarify their application and to provide a procedure applicable to the admissibility and use of the complainant’s or a witness’s record when in the possession of the accused."	It removes s. 49, 71, 125(d) and after, 143, 145 [parts], 163(2)(c), (d), (7), 164(8), 165, 198, 276.‍1 to 276.‍5, 279(3), 279.1(3), 288, 296, 359, 360, 365, 370, 371, 402, 413, 419 after (d), 427, 451, 459 after (c), 469(a)(ii), 794(2). It replaces s. 55, 57(3), 82, 108(1), 125, 145(2), (3), (4), (5), 153.1(3), 153.1(5)(a), 153.1(5)(b), 163(1), 163(2), 164(3) to (5), 176 to 178, 183 [parts], 207(4)(c), 215(2), 273.1(2), 273.2(a), (c), 276(2), 278.1, 278.3(5), 294, 299(c), 327(1), 342.2(1), 349, 350(b)(ii), 351(1), 352, 354(2), 376, 402.2, 405, 417, 419, 429(2), 445(1)(a),(b), 447.1(1), 450, 451, 452, 454, 458, 459, 517(2), 581(4), 584(1), 601(9), 719(3.1), 743.21(2), parts of Forms 6, 9 to 11, 11.1, 12. It adds s. 207(4.01), 276(2)(c), 276(4), 278.92 to 278.97	final text CanLII text
An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts (Cannabis Act)	2018, c. 16 (Bill C-45)	June 21, 2018	On Royal Assent (s. 160.1, 161, 188 to 193, 194, 199 to 202, 206, and 225) October 16, 2018 (remainder) SI/2018-52	"...it repeals Part XII.1 of the Criminal Code, which deals with instruments and literature for illicit drug use, and makes consequential amendments to that Act."	It replaces s. 25.1(14), 462.331(1), 462.37(2.02)*, 462.341, 462.341, 490.81(1), 729(2), 737(1). It modifies s. 109(1), 110(1)(a), 183, 462.37(2.02), 553(c), 673, 785, Form 5.04. It adds 487.04(a.1), 515(4.1)(b.2). It repeals Part XII.1. [first reading version]	official text CanLII text
Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1	2018, c. 12	June 21, 2018	September 19, 2018 (90 days later)	Makes minor changes to list of wiretap eligible offences under s. 183. Amends s. 2.2(1). Adds Part XXII.1 to the Code re "Remediation Agreements"		official text CanLII text
Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act	2018 c. 11 (Bill C-66)	June 21, 2018	June 21, 2018			official text CanLII text
Preclearance Act	2017, c. 27 (Bill C-23)	December 12, 2017	N/A		It adds s. 117.071 and 579.001.	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief)	2017, c. 23 (Bill C-305)	December 12, 2017	On Royal Assent	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to add to the offence of mischief relating to religious property the act of mischief in relation to property that is used for educational purposes, for administrative, social, cultural or sports activities or events or as a residence for seniors."	Replaces s. 430(4.1). Adds s. 430(4.‍101)	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Canada Evidence Act and the Criminal Code (protection of journalistic sources)	2017, c. 22 (Bill S-231)	October 18, 2017	On Royal Assent	"The enactment ... amends the Criminal Code so that only a judge of a superior court of criminal jurisdiction or a judge within the meaning of section 552 of that Act may issue a search warrant relating to a journalist. It also provides that a search warrant can be issued only if the judge is satisfied that there is no other way by which the desired information can reasonably be obtained and that the public interest in the investigation and prosecution of a criminal offence outweighs the journalist’s right to privacy in the collection and dissemination of information. The judge must also be satisfied that these same conditions apply before an officer can examine, reproduce or make copies of a document obtained under a search warrant relating to a journalist."	It adds s. 488.01.	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts	2017, c. 7 (Bill C-37)	May 18, 2017	On Royal Assent	"It... makes ... amendments to the Criminal Code and the Seized Property Management Act" related to CDSA amendments.	It replaces s. 83.13(4)(a), (b), 83.13(5), (6), (7) to (9), 462.331(3)(a), (b), 462.331(4),(5), (6(a), (b), (7), (8), 462.37(1), (2), 462.38(2)(b), 462.41(2), 490.1(1), (2), (4)(a),(b), 490.4(2) 490.41(2)(a),(b), 490.81(3)(a),(b), (4), (5), 490.81(6)(a),(b), 490.81(7), (8). It adds s. 83.13(4)(c), 83.13(8.1), (9.1), 462.331(7.1), (8.1), 490.81(7.1), (8.1).	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code	2017, c. 13 (Bill C-16)	June 19, 2017	On Royal Assent	This amendment to the Code aims to "extend the protection against hate propaganda set out in that Act to any section of the public that is distinguished by gender identity or expression and to clearly set out that evidence that an offence was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on gender identity or expression constitutes an aggravating circumstance that a court must take into consideration when it imposes a sentence."	It replaces s. 318(4) and 718.2(a)(i)	official text CanLII text
Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2	2017, c. 33				modifies s. 188	official text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)	2016, c. 3 (Bill C-14)	June 17, 2016	s. 4 and 5 of the Act [relates to s. 241.‍31 and 241.4(2) of Code] is in force on June 17, 2017	The amendment amends the Criminal Code to, "...create exemptions from the offences of culpable homicide, of aiding suicide and of administering a noxious thing, in order to permit medical practitioners and nurse practitioners to provide medical assistance in dying and to permit pharmacists and other persons to assist in the process;...specify the eligibility criteria and the safeguards that must be respected before medical assistance in dying may be provided to a person; ...require that medical practitioners and nurse practitioners who receive requests for, and pharmacists who dispense substances in connection with the provision of, medical assistance in dying provide information for the purpose of permitting the monitoring of medical assistance in dying, and authorize the Minister of Health to make regulations respecting that information; and ... create new offences for failing to comply with the safeguards, for forging or destroying documents related to medical assistance in dying, for failing to provide the required information and for contravening the regulations."	It replaces s. 14, 241, 241.1, 241.2, 241.3, 241.4, 241.‍31 adds s. 227, and modifies s. 241.4(2), 245	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (law enforcement animals, military animals and service animals)	2015, c. 34 (Bill C-35)	June 23, 2015	On Royal Assent	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to better protect law enforcement animals, military animals and service animals and to ensure that offenders who harm those animals or assault peace officers are held fully accountable."	It adds s. 270.03, 445.01 and 718.03	official text CanLII text
Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act	2015, c. 29 (Bill S-7)	June 18, 2015	July 16, 2015 [PC No. 2015-1073]	Amends Criminal Code to "clarify that it is an offence for an officiant to knowingly solemnize a marriage in contravention of federal law; provide that it is an offence to celebrate, aid or participate in a marriage rite or ceremony knowing that one of the persons being married is doing so against their will or is under the age of 16 years; provide that it is an offence to remove a child from Canada with the intention that an act be committed outside Canada that, if it were committed in Canada, would constitute the offence of celebrating, aiding or participating in a marriage rite or ceremony knowing that the child is doing so against their will or is under the age of 16 years; provide that a judge may order a person to enter into a recognizance with conditions to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for the purpose of preventing the person from committing an offence relating to the marriage of a person against their will or the marriage of a person under the age of 16 years or relating to the removal of a child from Canada with the intention of committing an act that, if it were committed in Canada, would be such an offence; and provide that the defence of provocation is restricted to circumstances in which the victim engaged in conduct that would constitute an indictable offence under the Criminal Code that is punishable by five years or more in prison. ".	The amendment involves replacing s. 150.1(2.1), 232(2), 232(3)(a), 295, and 811. It also adds s. 150.1(2.2), 293.1, 293.2, and 810.02 and it changes s. 273.3(1).	official text CanLII text
Tougher Penalties for Child Predators Act	2015, c. 23 (C-26)	June 18, 2015	July 16, 2015 (s. 2 to 19) [PC No. 2015-1074] December 1, 2016 (s. 21 to 28) [PC No. 2016-0989]	Amends the Criminal Code to "increase mandatory minimum penalties and maximum penalties for certain sexual offences against children; increase maximum penalties for violations of prohibition orders, probation orders and peace bonds; clarify and codify the rules regarding the imposition of consecutive and concurrent sentences; require courts to impose, in certain cases, consecutive sentences on offenders who commit sexual offences against children; and ensure that a court that imposes a sentence must take into consideration evidence that the offence in question was committed while the offender was subject to a conditional sentence order or released on parole, statutory release or unescorted temporary absence." Creates a public database of child sex offenders under the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act.	It amends s. 151, 152, 153, 160, 161, 163.1, 170, 171, 171.1, 172, 172.1, 172.2, 212, 271, 272, 718.2, 718.3, 733.1, and 811.	official text CanLII text
Anti-terrorism Act, 2015	2015, c. 20 (Bill C-51)	June 18, 2015	July 1 and August 1, 2015 [PC# 2015-1053]	The Act "amends the Criminal Code to, with respect to recognizances to keep the peace relating to a terrorist activity or a terrorism offence, extend their duration, provide for new thresholds, authorize a judge to impose sureties and require a judge to consider whether it is desirable to include in a recognizance conditions regarding passports and specified geographic areas. With respect to all recognizances to keep the peace, the amendments also allow hearings to be conducted by video conference and orders to be transferred to a judge in a territorial division other than the one in which the order was made and increase the maximum sentences for breach of those recognizances. It further amends the Criminal Code to provide for an offence of knowingly advocating or promoting the commission of terrorism offences in general. It also provides a judge with the power to order the seizure of terrorist propaganda or, if the propaganda is in electronic form, to order the deletion of the propaganda from a computer system. Finally, it amends the Criminal Code to provide for the increased protection of witnesses, in particular of persons who play a role in respect of proceedings involving security information or criminal intelligence information, and makes consequential amendments to other Acts."	It amended s. 2, 83.3(7.1), (8.1), 83.31(2), (3), 487.04, 810.01(8), 810.011(6), 811(a), (b), added s. 83.221 to 83.223, 83.3(11.1), (11.2), 486.7, 810.011, 810.21, 810.22, and replaces s. 83.3(2)(a), (b), 83.3(4), 83.3(8)(a), (b), (12), 195(1)(a), (b), 486(1), 810.01(1)	official text CanLII text
An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts	2015, c. 13 (Bill C-32)	April 23, 2015	July 23, 2015 (some s. delayed, see s. 37 to 44 of Act) [PC# 2015-0846 and 2016-0366]	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to... align the definition of “victim” with the definition of “victim” in the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights... protect the privacy and security interests of complainants and witnesses in proceedings involving certain sexual offences and ensure that they are informed of their right to be represented by legal counsel... broaden the conduct to which the offence of intimidation of justice system participants applies... expand the list of factors that a court may take into consideration when determining whether an exclusion order is in the interest of the proper administration of justice... make testimonial aids more accessible to vulnerable witnesses... enable witnesses to testify using a pseudonym in appropriate cases... make publication bans for victims under the age of 18 mandatory on application... provide that an order for judicial interim release must indicate that the safety and security of every victim was taken into consideration... require the court to inquire of the prosecutor if reasonable steps have been taken to inform the victims of any plea agreement entered into by the accused and the prosecutor in certain circumstances... add victim impact statement forms to assist victims to convey their views at sentencing proceedings and at hearings held by Review Boards... provide that the acknowledgment of the harm done to the victims and to the community is a sentencing objective... clarify the provisions relating to victim impact statements... allow for community impact statements to be considered for all offences... provide that victims may request a copy of a judicial interim release order, probation order or a conditional sentence order... specify that the victim surcharge must be paid within the reasonable time established by the lieutenant governor of the province in which it is imposed... provide a form for requesting a restitution order; and... provide that courts must consider the making of a restitution order in all cases, and that, in multiple victim cases, a restitution order may specify the amounts owed to each victim and designate the priority of payment among the victims." It also creates certain rights for victims in criminal proceedings.	It adds s. 2.2, 278.4(2.1), 486.31, 515(13), 606(4.1) to (4.4), 737.1, 739.1 to 739.4, and Form 48.1 in Part XXVIII. It replaces s. 287.2(1), (1)(b), 287.3(5), 287.5(2), 278.6(3), 278.7(2), (3), 423.1(1), 486(2), 486.1(1) to (3), 486.2, 486.3(1) to (4.1), 486.4(1), (1)(a), (1)(b), (2), 486.5(1), (2), (7)(b), 672.5(14), 718 (a), (f), 718.2(e), 722, 722.2, 732.1(5)(a), 737(4), 741, 741.1, 742.3(3)(a), Form 34.1 in Part XXVIII. It repeals s. 380.3, 380.4, 423.1(2), 672.5(16), 745.63(2).	official text CanLII text
Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2014	2015, c. 3 (Bill C-47)	February 26, 2015	On Royal Assent	The amendment means to "correct certain anomalies, inconsistencies and errors and to deal with other matters of a non-controversial and uncomplicated nature in the Statutes of Canada and to repeal certain provisions that have expired, lapsed or otherwise ceased to have effect".	It amends s. 2, 84(1), 164(8), 493, 552, schedule to Part XXV, it replaces s. 188(4)(c), (e), 287(6)(a), 320(8), 482(2)(l), 745.6(3)(c), (e), 812(1)(c), (f) , (g).	official text CanLII text
Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against public transit operators)	2015, c. 1 (Bill S-221)	February 25th, 2015	February 25th, 2015	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a court to consider the fact that the victim of an assault [offences under s. 264.1(1)(a) or any of sections 266 to 269] is a public transit operator to be an aggravating circumstance for the purposes of sentencing."	It adds s. 269.01.	official text CanLII text

2010 to 2014

Act Name	Citation	Royal Assent	In force	Summary	Amended Code Sec.	Amendment Text
Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2	SC 2014, c 39 (Bill C-43)	16 December 2014	?			CanLII text
Combating Counterfeit Products Act	SC 2014, c 32 (Bill C-8)	November 6, 2014	January 1, 2015 [PC# 2014-1451]	Consequential amendments to the Code relating to new offences in the Copyright and Trade-marks Act.	It amends s. 183.	official text CanLII text
Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act	2014, c 31 (Bill C-13)	December 9, 2014	March 9, 2015	The "enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide...for ... a new offence of non-consensual distribution of intimate images as well as complementary amendments to authorize the removal of such images from the Internet and the recovery of expenses incurred to obtain the removal of such images, the forfeiture of property used in the commission of the offence, a recognizance order to be issued to prevent the distribution of such images and the restriction of the use of a computer or the Internet by a convicted offender;... the power to make preservation demands and orders to compel the preservation of electronic evidence;...new production orders to compel the production of data relating to the transmission of communications and the location of transactions, individuals or things; ...a warrant that will extend the current investigative power for data associated with telephones to transmission data relating to all means of telecommunications; ... warrants that will enable the tracking of transactions, individuals and things and that are subject to legal thresholds appropriate to the interests at stake; and ... a streamlined process of obtaining warrants and orders related to an authorization to intercept private communications by ensuring that those warrants and orders can be issued by a judge who issues the authorization and by specifying that all documents relating to a request for a related warrant or order are automatically subject to the same rules respecting confidentiality as the request for authorization."	It adds s. 4(8), 162.1, 162.2, 186(8), 187(8), 188(6), 342.2(4), Form 5.001 to 5.0091, replaces s. 164(1), (3) to (5), (7), 164.1(5), (7), 320.1(1), (5), (7), 327 , 342.1(1), 342.2(1), (2), 371, 372, 430(1.1), 430(5), (5.1), (8), 487.011 to 487.02, header of 487.1, 487.3(1)(b), 492.1, 492.2, 810(1), it modifies s. 164(8), 164.1(1), 164.2(1), 183, 342.1(2), 487.3(1) 738(1) and repeals s. 326(2), 342.1(2).	official text CanLII text
Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act	2014, c 25 (Bill C-36)	November 6th, 2014	December 6th, 2014	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to ... create an offence that prohibits purchasing sexual services or communicating in any place...; create an offence that prohibits receiving a material benefit that derived from the commission of this [purchasing offence]; create an offence that prohibits the advertisement of sexual services offered for sale and to authorize the courts to order the seizure of materials containing such advertisements and their removal from the Internet; modernize the offence that prohibits the procurement of persons for the purpose of prostitution; create an offence that prohibits communicating... for the purpose of selling sexual services ... [in a public place where children frequent]; ...and specify that, for the purposes of certain offences, a weapon includes any thing used, designed to be use or intended for use in binding or tying up a person against their will."	It modifies s. 2(b), 212(2), (4), 150.1(5), 161(1.1)(a), 183, 274, 278.2(1)(a), 486(3), 486.4(1)(a) and (b), 486.04, 490.011(1), 810.1(1). It adds 161(1.1)(d), 286.1 to 286.5, 487.04 segments, 752 segments. It replaces s. 164(1), (3) to (5), (7), (8), 164.1(1), (5), (7), 171.1(1)(a), 172.1(1)(a), 172.2(1)(a), 197(1) definitions, 213(1), 278.2(1), 279.02, 279.03, 487.04 segments, 487.051, 490.012(1), (2), (3)(a), 490.013(2.1), 490.02904(3)(d), 753.1(2)(a), Form 5.04 (b)(iii), Form 53 segments. It repeals s. 197(1) definitions, 212, 487.04 segments, 490.011(1) segments, 752 segments.	official text CanLII text
Tackling Contraband Tobacco Act	2014, c 23 (Bill C-10)	November 6, 2014	April 10, 2015 [PC# 2015-0339]	Amends Code to "create a new offence of trafficking in contraband tobacco and to provide for minimum penalties of imprisonment for repeat offenders".	It amends s. 2, adds s. 121.1.	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (restrictions on offenders)	2014, c 21 (Bill C-489)	June 19, 2014	September 19, 2014	"This enactment amends section 161 of the Criminal Code to require a court to consider making an order prohibiting certain offenders from being within two kilometres, or any other distance specified in the order, of any dwellinghouse where the victim identified in the order resides or of any other place specified in the order. It also amends subsection 732.1(2) (probation) to ensure that the offender abstains from communicating with any victim, witness or other person identified in a probation order, or refrains from going to any place specified in the order, except in accordance with certain conditions. It makes similar amendments to section 742.3 (conditional sentence orders) and subsection 810.1(3.02) (conditions of recognizance)." It amends Code provisions relating to probation orders, conditional sentence orders, peace bonds, and 161 orders requiring judges to put restrictions on accused against being near or contacting victims or witnesses.	It adds 161(1)(a.1), 732.1(2)(a.1), 732.1(2.1), (2.2), 742.3(1.1) to (1.3), and 810.1(3.02)(b.1).	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (criminal organization recruitment)	2014, c 17 (Bill C-394)	June 19, 2014	On Royal Assent	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to make it an offence to recruit, solicit, encourage, coerce or invite a person to join a criminal organization. It establishes a penalty for that offence and a more severe penalty for the recruitment of persons who are under 18 years of age. This enactment also makes a related amendment to the National Defence Act."	It amends s. 2, 183, 185, 186, 462.48(1.1), 467.1(2), 467.2(1), 467.2(2), 487.04(a.1). It adds s. 467.111. It replaces s. 467.14, 486.2(5)(a), 515(6)(a)(ii), 743.6(1.1), 743.6(1.2).	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (personating peace officer or public officer)	2014, c 10 (Bill C-444)	June 19, 2014	On Royal Assent	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to establish that personating a police officer or a public officer for the purpose of committing another offence must be considered by a court to be an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes."	It adds 130.1 which increases penalties for the offence of personating peace officers.	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief relating to war memorials)	2014, c 9 (Bill C-217)	June 19, 2014	On Royal Assent	Enacts "the offence of committing mischief in relation to a war memorial or cenotaph".	It adds s. 430(4.11).	official text CanLII text
Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act	2014, c 6 (Bill C-14)	April 10, 2014	July 10, 2014	"This enactment amends the mental disorder regime in the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act to specify that the paramount consideration in the decision-making process is the safety of the public and to create a scheme for finding that certain persons who have been found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder are high-risk accused. It also enhances the involvement of victims in the regime and makes procedural and technical amendments." It creates new consideration of "high risk" offenders found to be NCR. It amends 672.1(1), 672.11(d.1), 672.121, 672.54, Form 48, Form 48.1.	It replaces s. 672.5(1), 672.5(15.2) to (16), 672.51(1), 672.5401, 672.75, 672.76(2)(a), 672.81(1.4) (1.5), 672.88, 672.89. It added 672.21(3)(c), 672.47(4), (5), 672.5(5.2), 672.5(13.3), 672.541, 672.542, 672.56(1.1), 672.64, 672.76(2)(a.1), 672.84.	official text CanLII text
Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 2	SC 2013, c 40 (Bill C-4)	12 December 2013			CanLII text	{{{7}}}
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (kidnapping of young person)	2013, c 32 (Bill C-299)	June 26, 2013	On Royal Assent	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to prescribe a minimum punishment of five years when a kidnap victim is under sixteen years of age, unless the person who commits the offence is a parent, guardian or person having the lawful care or charge of the victim."	It amends s. 279 on kidnapping.	official text CanLII text
Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act	2013, c 24 (Bill C-15)	June 19, 2013	October 18, 2013 (s. 17, 97 and 104), June 1, 2014 (remainder)	Minor grammatical edits.	It makes minor edits to french wording in s. 5 of Form 52	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (prize fights)	2013, c 19 (Bill S-209)	June 19, 2013	August 20, 2012	The amendment "expand[s] the list of permitted sports under the prize fighting provisions".	It replaces s. 83(2).	official text CanLII text
Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity during Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act	2013, c 15 (C-309)	June 19, 2013	On Royal Assent	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to make it an offence to wear a mask or other disguise to conceal one’s identity while taking part in a riot or an unlawful assembly." Amends Code to include an offence for wearing a disguise or mask when participating in a riot or unlawful assembly	It amends s. 65 and 66.	official text CanLII text
Nuclear Terrorism Act	2013, c 13 (Bill S-9)	June 19, 2013	November 1, 2013 [PC# 2013-0983]	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create four new offences relating to nuclear terrorism in order to implement the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism."	It amends s. 2, 183, 487.04, 607(6), adds s. 7(2.21), 82.2 to 82.7, it replaces s. 83.01(1)(a)(v), it repeals s. 7(3.2) to (3.6).	official text CanLII text
Increasing Offenders’ Accountability for Victims Act	2013, c 11 (Bill C-37)	June 19, 2013	October 24, 2013 [PC# 2013-1061]	This Act amends s. 737 to require victim fine surcharges upon sentencing in all cases.	It replaces s. 673(b), 737(1), 737(2)(a) and (b), 785(b), it repeals s. 737(5) and (6), 737(10), it amends s. 737(9)	official text CanLII text
Combating Terrorism Act	2013, c 9 (Bill S-7)	April 25, 2013	July 15, 2013	"This enactment replaces sections 83.28 to 83.3 of the Criminal Code to provide for an investigative hearing for the purpose of gathering information for an investigation of a terrorism offence and to allow for the imposition of a recognizance with conditions on a person to prevent them from carrying out a terrorist activity. In addition, the enactment provides for those sections to cease to have effect or for the possible extension of their operation. The enactment also provides that the Attorney General of Canada and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness include in their respective annual reports their opinion on whether those sections should be extended. It also amends the Criminal Code to create offences of leaving or attempting to leave Canada to commit certain terrorism offences."	It adds s. 83.31(1.1), (3.1). It replaces s. 7(2)(b) and (c), 83.08(2), 83.1(1), 83.23, 83.28, 83.29, 83.3, 83.32(1) to (2), 83.32(4), 83.33, 462.48(2)(d). It amends s. 183, 487.04 segments. It adds s. 83.181, 83.191, 83.201, 83.202. It repeals s. 83.1(2)	official text CanLII text
Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R v Tse Act	2013, c 8 (Bill C-55)	March 27, 2013	s. 5 (Sept 27, 2013) remainder (Mar 27, 2013)	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in R v Tse, safeguards related to the authority to intercept private communications without prior judicial authorization under section 184.4 of that Act. Notably, the enactment... requires the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and the Attorney General of each province to report on the interceptions of private communications made under section 184.4... provides that a person who has been the object of such an interception must be notified of the interception within a specified period... narrows the class of individuals who can make such an interception; and... limits those interceptions to offences listed in section 183 of the Criminal Code."	It replaces s. 184.4, 195(1), (2), (3), (5). It adds s. 195(2.1), 196.1. It modifies s. 183, 191(2)(a) and (b.1).	official text CanLII text
Protecting Canada's Seniors Act	SC 2012, c 29 (Bill C-36)	December 14, 2012	January 13, 2013	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to add vulnerability due to age as an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes."	It adds s. 718.2(a)(iii.1).	official text CanLII text
Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act	SC 2012, c 19 (Bill C-38)	May 29, 2012	?			CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)	2012, c 15 (Bill C-310)	June 28, 2012	June 28, 2012	extends scope of trafficking in persons offences to include those operating outside of Canada.	It amended s. 7(4.1) and 279.04	official text CanLII text
Citizen's Arrest and Self-Defence Act	2012 c 9 (Bill C-26)	June 28, 2012	March 11, 2013 [PC# 2013-0016]	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to enable a person who owns or has lawful possession of property, or persons authorized by them, to arrest within a reasonable time a person whom they find committing a criminal offence on or in relation to that property. It also amends the Criminal Code to simplify the provisions relating to the defences of property and persons."	It replaces s. 34 to 42, 494(2), it adds s. 494(4).	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act (Ending the Long-gun Registry Act)	2012, c 6 (Bill C-19)	April 5, 2012	April 5, 2012	It removes requirements relating to the "requirement to register firearms that are neither prohibited nor restricted".	It replaces s. 91(1),(4)(b)(ii), (5), 92(1), (4)(b)(ii), 94(1)(2)(a)(i) and (ii), 95(1), 106(1)(a) and (b), 108(3) and 117.03(1) and (2). It repeals s. 92(5) and (6), 94(5).	official text CanLII text
Safe Streets and Communities Act	2012, c 1 (Bill C-10)	Mar 13, 2012	June 13, 2012 (s. 52 to 107, 147) [PC# 2012-0770] August 9, 2012 (s. 10 to 31 and 35 to 38) [PC# 2012-0841] October 23, 2012 (s. 167 to 203) [PC# 2012-0841] November 6, 2012 (s. 32(1), 33, 39 to 47, 49 and 50) [PC# 2012-0841] November 20, 2012 (s. 34) [PC# 2012-0841] February 28, 2013 (s. 160) [PC# 2013-0121]	The Act "amends the Criminal Code to... increase or impose mandatory minimum penalties, and increase maximum penalties, for certain sexual offences with respect to children;... create offences of making sexually explicit material available to a child and of agreeing or arranging to commit a sexual offence against a child;... expand the list of specified conditions that may be added to prohibition and recognizance orders to include prohibitions concerning contact with a person under the age of 16 and use of the Internet or any other digital network;... expand the list of enumerated offences that may give rise to such orders and prohibitions; and... eliminate the reference, in section 742.1, to serious personal injury offences and to restrict the availability of conditional sentences for all offences for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 14 years or life and for specified offences, prosecuted by way of indictment, for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 10 years." Most amendments are changes to the sentencing provisions of child-related sex offences and serious offences with available Conditional Sentences.	It amends s. 7(4.1), 161(1), 161(1.1)(a), 164.2(1), 172.1(1), 183, 271, 272(2), 273(2), 486(3), 487.04(a), 752, 810.1(1), and Form 5.04. It replaces s. 151(a), (b), 152(a), (b), 153(1.1)(a), (b), 155(2), 160(3), 163.1(2)(b), 163.1(3)(b), 163.1(4)(a) and (b), 163.1(4.1)(a) and (b), 170(a) and (b), 171(b), 172.1(2), 173, 515(4.1)(c), 515(6)(d), 553(c)(xi), 742.1, 753.1(2)(a), 810.1(3.02)(a). It adds s. 171.1, 172.2.	official text CanLII text
Fair and Efficient Criminal Trials Act	2011, c 16 (Bill C-2)	June 26, 2011	s. 2,4-6, 7(2),(4), 10, 11, and 14-16 (August 15, 2011) and remaining (Oct 24, 2011) [PC# 2011-0827]	Creates power to appoint case mgmt judge with certain powers. Makes additions to protect jurors more and increases available numbers. Binds re-trials to previous voir dires.	it adds s. 523(1.2) and 551.1 to 551.8, 631(2.1), 652.1 and 653.1. Replaces s. 523(2), 601, 631(3), (3.1), (5), and (6), 640(2.2), 641, 642.1(1), 643(1), 669.2(3) and (4) and 795.	official text CanLII text
Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R v Shoker Act	2011, c 7 (Bill C-30)	March 23, 2011	March 12, 2015 [PC# 2014-1449]	"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to allow a court to require that an offender or defendant provide a sample of a bodily substance on the demand of peace officers, probation officers, supervisors or designated persons, or at regular intervals, in order to enforce compliance with a prohibition on consuming drugs or alcohol imposed in a probation order, a conditional sentence order or a recognizance under section 810, 810.01, 810.1 or 810.2 of that Act."	It adds s. 729.1, 732.1(7) to (12), 732.11, 742.3(5) to (10), 742.31, 810(3.1), (3.2), 810.1(3.02)(f), (g), 810.2(4.1)(f), (g), 810.3, 810.4, 811.1 and Form 51. Replaces s. 732.1(3)(c), 742.3(2)(a), 810(3), 810(4), and 810.01(4.1).	official text CanLII text
Standing up for Victims of White Collar Crime Act	2011, c 6 (Bill C-21) SI/2011-82	March 23, 2011	November 1, 2011 [PC# 2011-1121]	Adds mandatory minimum for fraud over one million and amends the aggravating factors found in s. 380.1.	Creates prohibition orders under 380.2, more restitution orders under s. 380.3 and community impact statements under s. 380.4.	official text CanLII text
Protecting Canadians by Ending Sentence Discounts for Multiple Murders Act	2011, c 5 (Bill C-48)	March 23, 2011	December 2, 2011 [PC# 2011-1383]	Amendments with respect to "parole inadmissibility period for offenders convicted of multiple murders".	It add s. 675(2.3), 676(6), 745.21, and 745.51.	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and another Act	2011, c 2 (Bill S-6)	December 2, 2011	On Royal Assent [PC# 2011-1384]	The act "amends the Criminal Code with regard to the right of persons convicted of murder or high treason to be eligible to apply for early parole".	It adds s. 745.01(2), 745.21, 745.51, 745.6(1)(a.1), 745.6(2.1) to (2.8). It also replaces s. 745.6(1), 745.61(1), (2), (3) to (5), 745.63(6)(a) and 745.63(8).	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (justification for detention in custody)	2010, c 20 (Bill C-464)	December 15, 2010	On Royal Assent	The Act "amends the Criminal Code to provide that the detention of an accused in custody may be justified where it is necessary for the protection or safety of the public, including any person under the age of 18 years."	It replaces s. 515(10)(b).	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (suicide bombings)	2010, c 19 (Bill S-215)	December 15, 2010	November 30, 2011 [PC# 2011-1322]	The act "clarif[ies] that suicide bombings fall within the definition terrorist activity."	It adds s. 83.01(1.2)	official text CanLII text
Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act	2010, c 17 (Bill S-2)	December 15, 2010	April 15, 2011	It amends he Criminal Code to "enhance police investigation of crimes of a sexual nature and allow police services to use the national database proactively to prevent crimes of a sexual nature", "require[s] sex offenders arriving in Canada to comply with" SOIRA, and "provide[s] that sex offenders who are subject to a mandatory requirement to comply with the Sex Offender Information Registration Act are also subject to a mandatory requirement to provide a sample for forensic DNA analysis".	The act replaces s. 173(2), 490.012, 490.013(3), 490.014, 490.015(1)(c), 490.015(4), 490.016(1), (3), 490.017(2), 490.023(2), (4), 490.024(2), 490.025, 490.026(1), (5), 490.027(1), (3), 490.029(2). It adds s. 490.02901 to 490.02911. It also amends s. 487.04, 490.011(1), 490.018(1)(d), 490.019.	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (auto theft and trafficking in property obtained by crime)	2010, c 14 (Bill S-9)	November 18, 2010	April 29, 2011	The act "create[s] offences in connection with the theft of a motor vehicle, the alteration, removal or obliteration of a vehicle identification number, the trafficking of property or proceeds obtained by crime and the possession of such property or proceeds for the purposes of trafficking, and to provide for an in rem prohibition of the importation or exportation of such property or proceeds".	It amends s. 183. It adds s. 333.1, 353.1, 355.1 to 355.5. It replaces s. 462.3(3)(b)(i), 462.34(7), 462.48(1.1)(b), 491.2(1), and 593(1).	official text CanLII text
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years)	2010, c 3 (Bill C-268)	June 29, 2010	June 29, 2010	The act creates "minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of five years for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years".	It amends s. 183, 487.04, 490.011(1), and 752. It adds s. 279.011. It replaces s. 279.02, 279.03, 486(3), 486.4(1)(a)(i)	official text CanLII text