Bill C-36 (Historical)

Serious Time for the Most Serious Crime Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson Conservative

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of Dec. 3, 2009
(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 Criminal Code with regard to the right of persons convicted of murder or high treason to be eligible to apply for early parole.

Similar bills

S-6 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code and another 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-36s:

C-36 (2022) Law Appropriation Act No. 4, 2022-23

C-36 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act and to make related amendments to another Act (hate propaganda, hate crimes and hate speech)

C-36 (2016) Law An Act to amend the Statistics Act

C-36 (2014) Law Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act

C-36 (2012) Law Protecting Canada's Seniors Act

C-36 (2010) Law Canada Consumer Product Safety Act

Votes

Nov. 25, 2009 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Nov. 25, 2009 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, be not now read a third time but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights for the purpose of reconsidering Clauses 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 with a view to making any amendments which may be called for as a result of information undertaken to be placed before the Committee by departmental officials on November 4, 2009, but which the office of the Minister of Public Safety failed to provide before the Committee considered the Bill at clause-by-clause.”.