An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consent)

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

Sponsor

Joe Comartin  NDP

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 Feb. 11, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment repeals section 159 of the Criminal Code, thus removing the distinction between anal intercourse and other forms of sexual activity. It also amends other sections of that Act in consequence.

Similar bills

C-448 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consent)
C-448 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consent)
C-438 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consent)
C-438 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consent)

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-628s:

C-628 (2014) An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 and the National Energy Board Act (oil transportation and pipeline certificate)