An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercive control of intimate partner)

Sponsor

Laurel Collins  NDP

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

Status

In committee (Senate), as of Dec. 5, 2024

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create an offence of exercising coercive control of an intimate partner by engaging in a pattern of conduct that consists of any combination, or any repeated instances, of any of the following acts: using, attempting to use or threatening to use violence against certain persons, coercing or attempting to coerce the intimate partner to engage in sexual activity or engaging in other conduct that could reasonably be expected to cause the intimate partner to believe that their safety, or the safety of a person known to them, is threatened.
It also makes consequential amendments to other Acts.

Similar bills

C-202 (current session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct)
C-247 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct)

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-332s:

C-332 (2016) United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Reporting Act
C-332 (2013) An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Western Arctic
C-332 (2011) An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Western Arctic
C-332 (2010) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (review of parole ineligibility) and to amend other Acts in consequence
C-332 (2009) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (review of parole ineligibility) and to amend other Acts in consequence
C-332 (2007) An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act (annual financial statements)

Votes

June 12, 2024 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-332, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercive control of intimate partner)