Bill S-14 (Historical)

Fighting Foreign Corruption Act

An Act to amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2013.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act to
(a) increase the maximum sentence of imprisonment applicable to the offence of bribing a foreign public official;
(b) eliminate the facilitation payments exception to that offence;
(c) create a new offence relating to books and records and the bribing of a foreign public official or the hiding of that bribery; and
(d) establish nationality jurisdiction that would apply to all of the offences under the 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.

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on June 11, 2013

  • Alan H. Kessel, Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Marcus Davies, Legal Officer, Criminal, Security and Diplomatic Law Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Roland Legault, Acting Director, Criminal, Security and Diplomatic Law Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on June 13, 2013

  • Janet Keeping, Chair and President, Transparency International Canada
  • Noah Arshinoff, Staff Lawyer, Law Reform, Canadian Bar Association
  • Michael Osborne, Member, CBA Anti-Corruption Team, Canadian Bar Association
  • Joseph K. Ingram, President, North-South Institute
  • Marcus Davies, Legal Officer, Criminal, Security and Diplomatic Law Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade