Bill C-220
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First Session, Forty-fifth Parliament, 3-4 Charles III, 2025 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (immigration status in sentencing)
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FIRST READING, September 17, 2025
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Ms. Rempel Garner |
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that, in imposing a sentence on an offender who is not a Canadian citizen, a court must not take into consideration the offender’s immigration status in Canada.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
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1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3-4 Charles III, 2025 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-220 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (immigration status in sentencing) |
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 The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 718.201:
Immigration status not to be considered
Start of inserted block718.202 A court that imposes a sentence on an offender who is not a Canadian citizen shall not take into consideration any potential impact the sentence could have on the offender’s immigration status in Canada, or on that of a member of their family.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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