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Bill S-251 (Historical)

An Act to repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 6)

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Status

In committee (Senate), as of June 13, 2023
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment repeals section 43 of the Criminal Code (correction of child by force) in order to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to action number 6.

Similar bills

C-273 (44th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Corinne’s Quest and the protection of children)
S-206 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children against standard child-rearing violence)
S-206 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children against standard child-rearing violence)
S-214 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children)
S-204 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children)
S-209 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children)
S-209 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal code (protection of children)
S-207 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-251s:

S-251 (2018) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (independence of the judiciary) and to make related amendments