An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in September 2008.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson  Conservative

Status

In committee (House), as of April 16, 2008
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to provide for minimum penalties for serious drug offences, to increase the maximum penalty for cannabis (marihuana) production, to reschedule certain substances from Schedule III to that Act to Schedule I, and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

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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.

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Votes

April 16, 2008 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.