An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2019, c. 25)
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Assented to 2019-06-21
R.S., c. C-46Criminal Code (continued)
Amendments to the Act (continued)
Marginal note:2014, c. 25, s. 19
105 Subsection 279.03(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Withholding or destroying documents — trafficking
279.03 (1) Every person who, for the purpose of committing or facilitating an offence under subsection 279.01(1), conceals, removes, withholds or destroys any travel document that belongs to another person or any document that establishes or purports to establish another person’s identity or immigration status — whether or not the document is of Canadian origin or is authentic — is guilty of
106 Subsection 280(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Abduction of person under age of 16
280 (1) Every person who, without lawful authority, takes or causes to be taken a person under the age of 16 years out of the possession of and against the will of the parent or guardian of that person or of any other person who has the lawful care or charge of that person is guilty of
107 Section 281 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Abduction of person under age of 14
281 Every person who, not being the parent, guardian or person having the lawful care or charge of a person under the age of 14 years, unlawfully takes, entices away, conceals, detains, receives or harbours that person with intent to deprive a parent or guardian, or any other person who has the lawful care or charge of that person, of the possession of that person is guilty of
Marginal note:2014, c. 25, s. 20
108 The portion of paragraph 286.1(1)(b) of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day, or to both, and to a minimum punishment of,
Marginal note:2014, c. 25, s. 20
109 Subsection 286.2(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Material benefit from sexual services
286.2 (1) Every person who receives a financial or other material benefit, knowing that it is obtained by or derived directly or indirectly from the commission of an offence under subsection 286.1(1), is guilty of
Marginal note:2014, c. 25, s. 20
110 Paragraph 286.4(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Marginal note:2002, c. 7, s. 141; 2015, c. 3, s. 48
111 Section 287 of the Act is repealed.
112 Subsection 291(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
113 Subsection 292(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Procuring feigned marriage
114 Subsection 293(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Polygamy
293 (1) Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who
(a) practises or enters into or in any manner agrees or consents to practise or enter into any form of polygamy or any kind of conjugal union with more than one person at the same time, whether or not it is by law recognized as a binding form of marriage; or
(b) celebrates, assists or is a party to a rite, ceremony, contract or consent that purports to sanction a relationship mentioned in paragraph (a).
Marginal note:2015, c. 29, s. 9
115 Sections 293.1 and 293.2 of the Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Forced marriage
293.1 Every person who celebrates, aids or participates in a marriage rite or ceremony knowing that one of the persons being married is marrying against their will is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Marginal note:Marriage under age of 16 years
293.2 Every person who celebrates, aids or participates in a marriage rite or ceremony knowing that one of the persons being married is under the age of 16 years is guilty of
116 (1) The portion of section 294 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Pretending to solemnize marriage
294 Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who
(2) The portion of section 294 of the English version of the Act after paragraph (b) is repealed.
Marginal note:2015, c. 29, s. 10
117 Section 295 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Marriage contrary to law
295 Every person who, being lawfully authorized to solemnize marriage, knowingly solemnizes a marriage in contravention of federal law or the laws of the province in which the marriage is solemnized is guilty of
118 Sections 300 and 301 of the Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Punishment of libel known to be false
300 Every person who publishes a defamatory libel that they know is false is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Marginal note:Punishment for defamatory libel
301 Every person who publishes a defamatory libel is guilty of
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