List of Criminal Code Amendments (2020 to present)
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2020 to 2029
2023, c. 14
| 2023, c. 14 (Bill C-41) | |||||
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| Act Name | Citation | Royal Assent | In force | Amendment Text | Debates & Govt Docs |
| An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts | 2023, c. 14 (Bill C-41) | June 20, 2023 | June 20, 2023 | final text | {{{8}}} |
| Summary | |||||
| "This enactment amends the Criminal Code in order to create a regime under which the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness may authorize an eligible person to carry out, in a geographic area that is controlled by a terrorist group and for certain purposes, activities that otherwise would be prohibited under paragraph 83.03(b) of that Act" | |||||
| Amended Code Sec. | |||||
| CC: 83.03, 83.031, 83.032, 83.033, 83.034, 83.035, 83.036, 83.037, 83.0392, 83.039, 83.0391 and 83.0392 | |||||
2022, c. 18
| 2022, c. 18 (Bill S-223) | |||||
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| Act Name | Citation | Royal Assent | In force | Amendment Text | Debates & Govt Docs |
| An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs) | 2022, c. 18 (Bill S-223) | December 15, 2022 | December 15, 2022 | draft text | Full Legislative History |
| Summary | |||||
| "This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create new offences in relation to trafficking in human organs. It also amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to provide that a permanent resident or foreign national is inadmissible to Canada if the appropriate minister is of the opinion that they have engaged in any activities relating to trafficking in human organs."
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| Amended Code Sec. | |||||
| CC: 7(4.2), (4.3), 240.1 | |||||
2022, c. 17
| 2022, c. 17 (Bill S-4) | |||||
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| Act Name | Citation | Royal Assent | In force | Amendment Text | Debates & Govt Docs |
| An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Identification of Criminals Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (COVID-19 response and other measures) | 2022, c. 17 (Bill S-4) | December 15, 2022 | January 14, 2023 | final text | Full Legislative History |
| Summary | |||||
| "The enactment makes amendments to the Criminal Code and the Identification of Criminals Act to correct minor technical errors and includes transitional provisions on the application of the amendments. It also makes related amendments to other Acts. The enactment also provides for one or more independent reviews on the use of remote proceedings in criminal justice matters. | |||||
| Amended Code Sec. | |||||
| CC: 1, 117.04(3), 117.05(1), 145(2), 184.3, 185(4), 187(1.1), 187(3), 188.1, 320.29(1), 320.29(2) and (3), 320.29(5), 395(2), 462.32(4)[F], 462.32(4)(a), 462.32(4)(b) and (c) [F], 482.1(1)(b), 485(1.1), 485.1, 487(1)(e), 487.01(7), 487.02, 487.04 [(c)(iv.4)], 487.05(3), 487.092(4), 487.093, 487.1, 487.2, 488, 488.01(2), 489.1, 492(1), 500(3), 501(4), 502.1(1), 502.1(4) and (5), 509(5), 515(2.2), 515.01, 529.5, 537(1)(j), (j.1), and (k), 555(1) and (1.1), 555(3)(a), 606(5), 650(1) to (1.2), 669.2(5), 673 [b], 680(1), 688(2.1), 714.1(b), 715.21, 715.221, 715.222, 715.23, 715.231, 715.232, 715.233, 715.234, 715.235, 715.24, 715.241, 715.242, 715.243, 715.25(1), 715.25(2), 715.25(2)(b), 715.25(3) and (4), 715.27, 742.6(1)(f), 742.6, 774.1, 795, 800(2)[F], 800(2.1), 817(2)[F], 847, Form 5.04 [b], Forms 5.1 and 5.2, Forms 6.1, Form 6.2, Item 3 of Form 10, Form 11.1, Form 32 [m][F]. CDSA: 11 | |||||
2022, c. 15
| 2022, c. 15 (Bill C-5) | |||||
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| 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. | |||||
| 84(5), 85(3), 92(3), 95(2)(a), 96(2)(a), 99(3), 100(3), 103(2.1), 121.1(4)(a), 121.1(5), 244(2)(b), 244.2(3)(b), 344(1)(a.1), 346(1.1)(a.1), 742.1(c), and 742.1(e) to (f). CDSA 5(3)(a), 6(3)(a) and (a.1), 7(2)(a) and (a.1), 7(3), 8, 10(2), 10(5), 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7. | |||||
2022, c. 11
| 2022, c. 11 (Bill C-28) | |||||
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| 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) | |||||
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| 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) | |||||
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| 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) | |||||
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| 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 |
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| Summary | |||||
| Amended Code Sec. | |||||
2021, c. 24
| 2021, c. 24 (Bill C-4) | |||||
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| 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
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| 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) | |||||
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| 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
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| 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) | |||||
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| 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 | |
| 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) | |||||
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| 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 |
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| 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) | |||||
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| 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 | |
| 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. | |||||
- ↑ 30 days after royal assent per s. 6