An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code | |
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Parliament of Canada | |
Citation | SC 2017, c. 13 |
Passed by | House of Commons |
Passed | 18 November 2016 |
Passed by | Senate |
Passed | 15 June 2017 |
Royal assent | 19 June 2017 |
Commenced | 19 June 2017 |
Legislative history | |
First chamber: House of Commons | |
Bill citation | C-16, 42nd Parliament, 1st Session |
Introduced by | Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice |
First reading | 17 May 2016 |
Second reading | 18 October 2016 |
Third reading | 18 November 2016 |
Second chamber: Senate | |
First reading | 22 November 2016 |
Second reading | 2 March 2017 |
Third reading | 15 June 2017 |
Status: In force |
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An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (French: Loi modifiant la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne et le Code criminel) is a law passed in 2017 by the Parliament of Canada. It was introduced as Bill C-16 of the first session of the 42nd Parliament. The law adds gender expression and gender identity as protected grounds to the Canadian Human Rights Act, and also to the Criminal Code provisions dealing with hate propaganda, incitement to genocide, and aggravating factors in sentencing.