Bill S-210 · 42th Parliament · Justin Trudeau
An Act to amend An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Civil Marriage Act and the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Senate bill. Became law.
- IntroducedDec. 7, 2015
- Debated in principleJan. 31, 2017
- Studied by a committeeDone
- Passed its first chamberDec. 11, 2017
- Passed the second chamberJune 18, 2018
- Became lawJune 20, 2018
Where members stand
Votes and debate for this bill have not been read yet.
How it changed on the way
100% of the text as introduced was changed or removed by the time it became law (260 words introduced, 168 passed).
minor changeintent kept
The bill passed with its sole operative provision unchanged. Only session years, dates, and formatting were updated for royal assent.
How precisely it is written
preciseChallenging the law: HardDisputing a charge: Hard
The bill does nothing except repeal one numbered section of a named prior statute identified by its chapter reference. Every element is fixed by citation with no standards, discretion or open language.
Clear-cut
“Section 1 of An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Civil Marriage Act and the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts , being chapter 29 of the Statutes of Canada, 2015, is repealed.”
It names the exact section, statute and chapter to be removed, leaving no interpretive question.
Discretion. No authority is delegated to any minister, official or regulation; the repeal operates automatically on enactment.
Challenging the law itself. A bare repeal of a short-title section engages no Charter rights and offers no basis for a vagueness or overbreadth claim.
Disputing a charge under it. The provision imposes no duties or offences, so no accused can be charged with breaching it.
Read by a language model from the royal assent text; every quoted phrase appears in the bill. A reading of the drafting, not legal advice.
Did it work?
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Who lobbied on it
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