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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.

Bill S-12

(Bill S-12)
Act Name	Citation	Royal Assent	In force	Amendment Text	Debates & Govt Docs
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the International Transfer of Offenders Act	(Bill S-12)			draft text	Full Legislative History
Summary
"This enactment amends the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the International Transfer of Offenders Act to, among other things, (a) require compliance with the Sex Offender Information Registration Act for persons who are convicted of an offence of a sexual nature against a child and for persons who have been convicted on separate occasions of two or more offences of a sexual nature; (b) require other persons who are convicted of, or receive a verdict of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder for, an offence of a sexual nature to comply with that Act unless a court is satisfied that doing so would have no connection to the purposes of that Act or that the impact on the person of doing so would be grossly disproportionate to those purposes; (c) provide that an order to comply with that Act as a result of convictions, or verdicts of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder, for two or more offences of a sexual nature that are dealt with in the same proceeding — or an obligation to comply with that Act as a result of convictions, or such verdicts, for two or more offences of a sexual nature — does not apply for life if a court is satisfied that the offences do not demonstrate a pattern of behaviour showing that the person presents an increased risk of reoffending by committing such an offence; (d) authorize a peace officer to obtain a warrant to arrest a person who has contravened any of sections 4 to 5.‍1 of that Act and bring them to a registration centre to remedy that contravention; and (e) clarify the obligations in section 6 of that Act respecting the notice that sex offenders who plan to absent themselves from their residence must provide. The enactment also amends the Criminal Code to, among other things, codify the process for modifying and revoking publication bans, and add a requirement for sentencing courts to inquire into whether the victim of an offence would like to receive information about the administration of the offender’s sentence and, in the affirmative, provide the Correctional Service of Canada with the victim’s contact information."
Amended Code Sec.

Non-Government Bills

• 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]