Bill S-240
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First Session, Forty-fifth Parliament, 3-4 Charles III, 2025 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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)
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FIRST READING, November 5, 2025
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR HOUSAKOS |
SUMMARY
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.
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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, 45th Parliament, 3-4 Charles III, 2025 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-240 |
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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) |
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 Section 163.1 of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subsection (4.1):
Declaration of exception
(4.11) Pursuant to subsection 33(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, paragraphs 163.1(4)(a) and 163.1(4.1)(a) of this Act are declared to operate notwithstanding section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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