An Act to amend the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act in order to protect the legal definition of "marriage" by invoking section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in November 2003.

Sponsor

Jim Pankiw  Canadian Alliance

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Sept. 23, 2003
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-268 (38th Parliament, 1st session) Definition of Marriage Act
C-450 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act in order to protect the legal definition of "marriage" by invoking section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
C-264 (37th Parliament, 1st session) Marriage Capacity Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-450s:

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C-450 (2013) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting hours)
C-450 (2012) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting hours)
C-450 (2010) An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (rural mail delivery)
C-450 (2009) An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (rural mail delivery)
C-450 (2007) Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day Act