An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures) (S.C. 2026, c. 10)
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Assented to 2026-06-15
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures)
S.C. 2026, c. 10
Assented to 2026-06-15
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures)
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to clarify that a sterilization procedure is an act that wounds or maims a person for the purposes of subsection 268(1).
Preamble
Whereas the sterilization of persons without their consent is a legacy of systemic discrimination, colonization and racism that disproportionally, but not exclusively, affects Indigenous and racialized persons;
Now, therefore, 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-46Criminal Code
1 The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 268:
Marginal note:Sterilization
268.1 (1) For greater certainty, a sterilization procedure is an act that wounds or maims a person for the purposes of subsection 268(1).
Marginal note:Definition of sterilization procedure
(2) In this section, sterilization procedure means the severing, clipping, tying or cauterizing, in whole or in part, of the Fallopian tubes, ovaries or uterus of a person or any other procedure performed on a person that results in the permanent prevention of reproduction, regardless of whether the procedure is reversible through a subsequent surgical procedure.
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