FEWO Committee Report
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| In accordance with its Order of Reference of Friday, April 29, 2022, your committee has considered Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner), and agreed on Friday, May 13, 2022, to report it with the following amendments: Clause 1 That Bill C-233, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 10 to 14 on page 1 with the following: “(2) Paragraph 515(4.3)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following: (c) an offence in the commission of which violence against a person was used, threatened or attempted, including against the accused’s intimate partner; and” Clause 2 That Bill C-233, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 19 to 22 on page 1 with the following: “al assault law, intimate partner violence, coercive control in intimate partner and family relationships and social context, which includes systemic racism and systemic discrimination;” Clause 3 That Bill C-233, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing lines 4 to 7 on page 2 with the following: “matters related to sexual assault law, intimate partner violence, coercive control in intimate partner and family relationships and social context, which includes systemic racism and systemic discrimination, that were offered in the preceding” New Clause 4 That Bill C-233 be amended by adding after line 9 on page 2 the following new clause: “Coming into Force 4 This Act comes into force on the 30th day after the day on which it receives royal assent.” |
| Your Committee has ordered a reprint of Bill C-233, as amended, as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at the report stage. |
| A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 18 to 20) is tabled. |