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Summary
This bill rewrites and updates many parts of the Criminal Code. Most of the revisions are technicalities and small procedural changes, but there are some croutons in this salad. None of them are particularly exciting, but the change to make book-making and betting offences “technologically neutral” might be of interest to some. The full summary can be found here.
Bill History
This bill is the same as Bill C-23, which was left passed at Third Reading at the close of the first session of the 39th Parliament. It was re-introduced as C-13 on October 29th, 2007. It was deemed read and passed a third time.
It was amended in the Senate, and sent back to the House of Commons for debate and ratification on January 29th, 2008. The Senate amendments can be viewed (from Hansard transcript - February 6th, 2008) here.
The legislative summary provides a fairly good background to this bill and can be found here.
Third Reading recorded vote - January 30th, 2008 (passed)
Royal Assent - May 29th, 2008