Bill C-13
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Second Session, Forty-third Parliament, 69 Elizabeth II, 2020 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting)
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FIRST READING, November 26, 2020
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MINISTER OF JUSTICE |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends paragraph 207(4)(b) of the Criminal Code to make it lawful for the government of a province or territory, or a licensed person or entity, to conduct and manage in the province or territory a lottery scheme that involves betting on a race — other than a horse-race — or fight, or on a single sport event or athletic contest.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament, 69 Elizabeth II, 2020 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-13 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting) |
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
R.S., c. 52 (1st Supp.), s. 3
1 Paragraph 207(4)(b) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:
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(b) bookmaking, pool selling or the making or recording of bets, including bets made through the agency of a pool or pari-mutuel system, on any Insertion start horse- Insertion end race; or
Coming into Force
Order in council
2 Section 1 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
(4) In this section, lottery scheme means a game or any proposal, scheme, plan, means, device, contrivance or operation described in any of paragraphs 206(1)(a) to (g), whether or not it involves betting, pool selling or a pool system of betting other than
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(b) bookmaking, pool selling or the making or recording of bets, including bets made through the agency of a pool or pari-mutuel system, on any race or fight, or on a single sport event or athletic contest; or