List of Criminal Code Amendments (2020 to present)

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2020 to 2029

See also: List of Criminal Code Amendments


2022, c. 15

2022, c. 15 (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 2022, c. 15 (Bill C-5) November 17, 2022 November 17, 2022 draft text Full Legislative History
Summary
"This enactment amends the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to, among other things, repeal certain mandatory minimum penalties, allow for a greater use of conditional sentences and establish diversion measures for simple drug possession offences."
Amended Code Sec.

2022, c. 11

2022, c. 11 (Bill C-28)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (self-induced extreme intoxication) 2022, c. 11 (Bill C-28) June 23, 2022 full profile history
Prohibition on Intoxication Defences
Summary
Amended Code Sec.

2022, c. 10

2022, c. 10 (Bill C-X)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
2022, c. 10 (Bill C-X)
Summary
Amended Code Sec.

2022, c. 5

2022, c. 5 (Bill C-X)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
) 2022, c. 5 (Bill C-X)
Summary
Amended Code Sec.

2021, c. 27

2021, c. 27 (Bill C-3)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code 2021, c. 27 (Bill C-3) December 17, 2021 full text

Full Legislative History:

Commons
Summary
Amended Code Sec.

2021, c. 24

2021, c. 24 (Bill C-4)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy) 2021, c. 24 (Bill C-4) December 8, 2021 January 7, 2022[1] full text Backgrounder

Full Legislative History:

Commons
  • Committee Evidence: None
Senate
  • Committee Evidence: None


Summary
Creates criminal offence for engaging in any form of conversion therapy.
Amended Code Sec.
s. 164(1), (3) to (5), (7), (8), 164.1(1), (5), (7), "offence" in s. 183, 273.‍3(1)‍(c), 320.‍101, 320.‍102, 320.‍103, 320.‍104, 320.‍105.

2021, c. 20

2021, c. 20 (Bill C-218)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act 2021, c. 20 (Bill C-218) June 29, 2021 August 27, 2021 [PC 2021-0874] Full Text of Act Full Legislative History


Summary
"This enactment amends paragraph 207(4)(b) of the Criminal Code to make it lawful for the government of a province, or a person or entity licensed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of that province, to conduct and manage a lottery scheme in the province that involves betting on a race — other than a horse-race — or fight, or on a single sport event or athletic contest."
Amended Code Sec.
s. 207

2021, c. 8

2021, c. 8 (Bill C-3)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code 2021, c. 8 (Bill C-3) May 6, 2021 first reading text full profile history
hansard

backgrounder

Summary
"...it amends the Criminal Code to require that judges provide reasons for decisions in sexual assault proceedings."
Amended Code Sec.
s. 278.‍98.

2021, c. 2

2021, c. 2 (Bill C-7)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) 2021, c. 2 (Bill C-7) March 17, 2021 text
first reading text
C-7 history
full profile history
hansard

backgrounder


Summary
"(a) repeal the provision that requires a person’s natural death be reasonably foreseeable in order for them to be eligible for medical assistance in dying;

(b) specify that persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness are not eligible for medical assistance in dying;

(c) create two sets of safeguards that must be respected before medical assistance in dying may be provided to a person, the application of which depends on whether the person’s natural death is reasonably foreseeable;

(d) permit medical assistance in dying to be provided to a person who has been found eligible to receive it, whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable and who has lost the capacity to consent before medical assistance in dying is provided, on the basis of a prior agreement they entered into with the medical practitioner or nurse practitioner; and

(e) permit medical assistance in dying to be provided to a person who has lost the capacity to consent to it as a result of the self-administration of a substance that was provided to them under the provisions governing medical assistance in dying in order to cause their own death."

Amended Code Sec.
s. 241.‍2(2), (3), (3.1), (3.2), (3.3), (3.4), (3.5), (5.1), (6), 241.‍3, 241.‍31.

2020, c. 1

2020, c. 1 (Bill C-4)
Act Name Citation Royal Assent In force Amendment Text Debates & Govt Docs
Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act 2020, c. 1 (Bill C-4) March 13, 2020 CanLII text full profile history
hansard

backgrounder

Summary
Creates criminal offence for obtains and communicates trade secrets.
Amended Code Sec.
s. 2.3(1)(a), 391, s. 1 of Part XXII.‍1 schedule.
  1. 30 days after royal assent per s. 6