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 was last introduced in 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. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

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.

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.