Bill S-236 (Historical)

Increasing the Identification of Criminals Through the Use of DNA Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Criminal Records Act, the National Defence Act and the DNA Identification Act

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of June 23, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code, the Criminal Records Act, the National Defence Act and the DNA Identification Act to promote the DNA collection system and increase the number of DNA profiles stored in the national DNA data bank.

Similar bills

S-231 (current session) Increasing the Identification of Criminals Through the Use of DNA 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-236s:

S-236 (2022) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island)

S-236 (2017) Law Recognition of Charlottetown as the Birthplace of Confederation Act

S-236 (2009) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election expenses)

S-236 (2008) An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act (borrowing of money)