Bill S-251
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to action number 6)
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FIRST READING, June 16, 2022
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR KUTCHER |
SUMMARY
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.
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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, 2021-2022 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-251 |
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An Act to repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to action number 6) |
Her 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1 Section 43 of the Criminal Code is repealed.
Coming into Force
30th day after royal assent
2 This Act comes into force on the 30th day after the day on which it receives royal assent.
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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
43 Every schoolteacher, parent or person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction toward a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances.