Bill S-203 (Historical)

Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending the captivity of whales and dolphins)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create offences respecting cetaceans in captivity. It also amends the Fisheries Act to prohibit the taking of a cetacean into captivity and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act to require a permit for the import of a cetacean into Canada and the export of a cetacean from Canada.

Similar bills

S-230 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins 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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other S-203s:

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S-203 (2020) Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act

S-203 (2019) An Act to amend the National Capital Act (buildings or works of national significance)

S-203 (2013) An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Criminal Code (mental health treatment)

S-203 (2011) Boards of Directors Modernization Act

S-203 (2010) National Philanthropy Day Act