Bill S-240

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (declaration of exception pursuant to subsection 33(1) of the Charter for mandatory minimum sentences for child sexual abuse and exploitation material offences)

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of Nov. 5, 2025

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends section 163.1 of the Criminal Code to declare that paragraphs 163.1(4)(a) and 163.1(4.1)(a) — which include mandatory minimum sentences for the offences of possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material and accessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material, respectively — operate notwithstanding section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .

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-240s:

S-240 (2022) An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (definition of income)

S-240 (2017) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs)

S-240 (2009) National Day of Service Act

S-240 (2008) An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999