An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate)

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of April 20, 2023

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Summary

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This enactment amends the Criminal Code to reduce the criminal rate of interest from sixty per cent to the Bank of Canada’s overnight rate plus twenty per cent.

Elsewhere

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