C-36
An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Short Title
Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act
**49. The provisions of this Act, other than sections 46 to 48, come into force 30 days after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
Bill C-36 amends the Criminal Code to, among other things,
• create an offence that prohibits purchasing sexual services or communicating in any place for that purpose;
• create an offence that prohibits receiving a material benefit that derived from the commission of an offence referred to in paragraph (a);
• create an offence that prohibits the advertisement of sexual services offered for sale and to authorize the courts to order the seizure of materials containing such advertisements and their removal from the Internet;
• modernize the offence that prohibits the procurement of persons for the purpose of prostitution;
• create an offence that prohibits communicating — for the purpose of selling sexual services — in a public place, or in any place open to public view, that is or is next to a place where persons under the age of 18 can reasonably be expected to be present;
• ensure consistency between prostitution offences and the existing human trafficking offences; and
• specify that, for the purposes of certain offences, a weapon includes anything used, designed to be use or intended for use in binding or tying up a person against their will.
The enactment also makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
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Royal Assent Act
S.C. 2002, c. 15
Assented to 2002-06-04
An Act respecting royal assent to bills passed by the Houses of Parliament
Preamble
WHEREAS royal assent is the constitutional culmination of the legislative process;
WHEREAS the customary ceremony of royal assent, which assembles the three constituent entities of Parliament, is an important legislative tradition to be preserved;
AND WHEREAS it is desirable to facilitate the work of Parliament and the process of enactment by enabling royal assent to be signified by written declaration;
NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Marginal note:Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Royal Assent Act.
Marginal note:Form and manner of royal assent
2. Royal assent to a bill passed by the Houses of Parliament may be signified, during the session in which both Houses pass the bill,
(a) in Parliament assembled; or
(b) by written declaration.
Marginal note:Use of customary form and manner
3. (1) Royal assent shall be signified in Parliament assembled at least twice in each calendar year.
Marginal note:Minimum requirement
(2) Royal assent shall be signified in Parliament assembled in the case of the first bill of the session appropriating sums for the public service of Canada based upon main or supplementary estimates.
Marginal note:Witness of assent
(3) The signification of royal assent by written declaration may be witnessed by more than one member from each House of Parliament.
Marginal note:Notification in Parliament
4. Each House of Parliament shall be notified of a written declaration of royal assent by the Speaker of that House or by the person acting as Speaker.
Marginal note
ate of assent
5. Where royal assent is signified by written declaration, the Act is deemed to be assented to on the day on which the two Houses of Parliament have been notified of the declaration.
Marginal noteeclaration not a statutory instrument
6. A written declaration of royal assent is not a statutory instrument for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.
Marginal note:Saving
7. No royal assent is invalid only because section 3 is not complied with.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Short Title
Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act
**49. The provisions of this Act, other than sections 46 to 48, come into force 30 days after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
Bill C-36 amends the Criminal Code to, among other things,
• create an offence that prohibits purchasing sexual services or communicating in any place for that purpose;
• create an offence that prohibits receiving a material benefit that derived from the commission of an offence referred to in paragraph (a);
• create an offence that prohibits the advertisement of sexual services offered for sale and to authorize the courts to order the seizure of materials containing such advertisements and their removal from the Internet;
• modernize the offence that prohibits the procurement of persons for the purpose of prostitution;
• create an offence that prohibits communicating — for the purpose of selling sexual services — in a public place, or in any place open to public view, that is or is next to a place where persons under the age of 18 can reasonably be expected to be present;
• ensure consistency between prostitution offences and the existing human trafficking offences; and
• specify that, for the purposes of certain offences, a weapon includes anything used, designed to be use or intended for use in binding or tying up a person against their will.
The enactment also makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
**
Royal Assent Act
S.C. 2002, c. 15
Assented to 2002-06-04
An Act respecting royal assent to bills passed by the Houses of Parliament
Preamble
WHEREAS royal assent is the constitutional culmination of the legislative process;
WHEREAS the customary ceremony of royal assent, which assembles the three constituent entities of Parliament, is an important legislative tradition to be preserved;
AND WHEREAS it is desirable to facilitate the work of Parliament and the process of enactment by enabling royal assent to be signified by written declaration;
NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Marginal note:Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Royal Assent Act.
Marginal note:Form and manner of royal assent
2. Royal assent to a bill passed by the Houses of Parliament may be signified, during the session in which both Houses pass the bill,
(a) in Parliament assembled; or
(b) by written declaration.
Marginal note:Use of customary form and manner
3. (1) Royal assent shall be signified in Parliament assembled at least twice in each calendar year.
Marginal note:Minimum requirement
(2) Royal assent shall be signified in Parliament assembled in the case of the first bill of the session appropriating sums for the public service of Canada based upon main or supplementary estimates.
Marginal note:Witness of assent
(3) The signification of royal assent by written declaration may be witnessed by more than one member from each House of Parliament.
Marginal note:Notification in Parliament
4. Each House of Parliament shall be notified of a written declaration of royal assent by the Speaker of that House or by the person acting as Speaker.
Marginal note
ate of assent5. Where royal assent is signified by written declaration, the Act is deemed to be assented to on the day on which the two Houses of Parliament have been notified of the declaration.
Marginal note
eclaration not a statutory instrument6. A written declaration of royal assent is not a statutory instrument for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.
Marginal note:Saving
7. No royal assent is invalid only because section 3 is not complied with.
