Bill C-17 (Historical)

Combating Terrorism Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson  Conservative

Status

Report stage (House), as of March 2, 2011
(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 replaces sections 83.28 to 83.3 of the Criminal Code to provide for an investigative hearing to gather information for the purposes of an investigation of a terrorism offence and to provide for the imposition of a recognizance with conditions on a person to prevent them from carrying out a terrorist activity. It also provides for those sections to cease to have effect or for the possible extension of their operation.

Similar bills

S-7 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Law Combating Terrorism Act
C-19 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions)
S-3 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions)

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-17s:

C-17 (2022) An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and to authorize certain payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund
C-17 (2020) Law Appropriation Act No. 5, 2020-21
C-17 (2020) An Act respecting additional COVID-19 measures
C-17 (2016) Law An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act
C-17 (2013) Law Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa's Law)
C-17 (2011) Air Canada and Its Associates Act

Votes

Sept. 22, 2010 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Combating Terrorism ActGovernment Orders

September 21st, 2010 / 1:05 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Combating Terrorism ActGovernment Orders

September 21st, 2010 / 1:05 p.m.

Deepak Obhrai

Madam Speaker, I ask that the vote be deferred.

Combating Terrorism ActGovernment Orders

September 21st, 2010 / 1:05 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

The recorded division on the motion is deferred until tomorrow after government orders.

The House resumed from September 21 consideration of the motion that Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Combating Terrorism ActGovernment Orders

September 22nd, 2010 / 5:30 p.m.

The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer

It being 5:30 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at the second reading stage of Bill C-17.

Call in the members.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #87

Combating Terrorism ActGovernment Orders

September 22nd, 2010 / 5:55 p.m.

The Speaker Peter Milliken

I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee.)