Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now 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 to provide, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in R. v. Tse, safeguards related to the authority to intercept private communications without prior judicial authorization under section 184.4 of that Act. Notably, the enactment
(a) requires the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and the Attorney General of each province to report on the interceptions of private communications made under section 184.4;
(b) provides that a person who has been the object of such an interception must be notified of the interception within a specified period;
(c) narrows the class of individuals who can make such an interception; and
(d) limits those interceptions to offences listed in section 183 of the Criminal Code.

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-55s:

C-55 (2023) Law Appropriation Act No. 3, 2023-24
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C-55 (2015) Law Appropriation Act No. 1, 2015-16
C-55 (2010) Law Enhanced New Veterans Charter Act
C-55 (2009) Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Shoker Act
C-55 (2008) Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

Votes

March 20, 2013 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse ActRoutine Proceedings

March 18th, 2013 / 4:45 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse ActRoutine Proceedings

March 18th, 2013 / 4:45 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse ActRoutine Proceedings

March 18th, 2013 / 4:45 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

(Motion agreed to)

Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse ActRoutine Proceedings

March 18th, 2013 / 4:45 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

It is my duty, pursuant to Standing Order 38, to inform the House that the questions to be raised tonight at the time of adjournment are as follows: the hon. member for Vancouver Kingsway, International Trade; the hon. member for Abitibi—Témiscamingue, National Defence; the hon. member for Malpeque, International Trade.