Bill C-583 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (fetal alcohol spectrum disorder)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Ryan Leef Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of Nov. 26, 2014
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to add a definition of “fetal alcohol spectrum disorder” (FASD) and to establish a procedure for assessing individuals who are involved in the criminal justice system and who it is suspected suffer from FASD. It requires the court to consider, as a mitigating factor in sentencing, a determination that the accused suffers from FASD and manifests certain symptoms.

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-583s:

C-583 (2010) An Act to amend the Statistics Act (Chief Statistician)

Votes

Nov. 26, 2014 Passed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “Bill C-583, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (fetal alcohol spectrum disorder), be not now read a second time but that the Order be discharged, the Bill be withdrawn from the Order Paper, and the subject matter thereof be referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and that the Committee report back to the House within four months of the adoption of this Order.”.

Criminal CodePrivate Members’ Business

November 26th, 2014 / 6:20 p.m.

The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin

I declare the motion carried.