Bill S-224
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)
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AS PASSED
BY THE SENATE
October 6, 2022
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to specify what constitutes exploitation for the purpose of establishing whether a person has committed the offence of trafficking in persons.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en |
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-224 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) |
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. C-46
Criminal Code
1 (1) Subsection 279.04(1) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:
Exploitation
279.04 (1) For the purposes of sections 279.01 to 279.03, a person exploits another person if they engage in conduct that
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(a) causes the other person to provide or offer to provide labour or a service; and
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(b) involves, in relation to any person, the use or threatened use of force or another form of coercion, the use of deception or fraud, the abuse of a position of trust, power or authority, or any other similar act.
(2) Subsection 279.04(2) of the Act is repealed.
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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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