Bill C-373
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (promotion of hatred or antisemitism)
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FIRST READING, February 5, 2024
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Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to eliminate as a defence against wilful promotion of hatred or antisemitism the fact that a person, in good faith, expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-373 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (promotion of hatred or antisemitism) |
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1 (1) Paragraph 319(3)(b) of the Criminal Code is repealed.
(2) Paragraph 319(3.1)(b) of the Act is repealed.
Coming into Force
30 days
2 This Act comes into force 30 days after the day on which it receives royal assent.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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