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ENGLISHSUMMARYSUMMARY1 Short Title1 Short Title2 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act2 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act9 Consequential Amendments9 Consequential Amendments9 Criminal Code9 Criminal Code11 Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act11 Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
First Session, Forty-third Parliament,
68-69 Elizabeth II, 2019-2020
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-235
An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
FIRST READING, February 26, 2020
NOTE
2nd Session, 43rd Parliament
This bill was introduced during the first session of the 43rd Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the first session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.
Mr. Erskine-Smith
431087
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to repeal a provision that makes it an offence to possess certain substances.
It also makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
1st Session, 43rd Parliament, 
68-69 Elizabeth II, 2019-2020
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-235
An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Short Title
Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Ending the Stigma of Substance Use Act.
1996, c. 19
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
2 Paragraph (a) of the definition designated substance offence in subsection 2(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is replaced by the following:
(a) an offence under Part I, or
3 Sections 4 and 4.‍1 of the Act are repealed.
4 Subsection 47(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Time limit
47 (1) No summary conviction proceedings in respect of an offence under subsection 32(2) or the regulations or in respect of a contravention of an order made under section 45.‍1 or 45.‍2 shall be commenced after the expiry of one year after the time when the subject matter of the proceedings arose.
5 Schedule I to the Act is amended by replacing the references after the heading “SCHEDULE I” with the following:
(Sections 2, 5 to 7.‍1, 10, 29, 55 and 60)
6 Schedule II to the Act is amended by replacing the references after the heading “SCHEDULE II” with the following:
(Sections 2, 5 to 7.‍1, 10, 29, 55 and 60)
7 Schedule III to the Act is amended by replacing the references after the heading “SCHEDULE III” with the following:
(Sections 2, 5 to 7.‍1, 10, 29, 55 and 60)
8 Schedule IV to the Act is amended by replacing the references after the heading “SCHEDULE IV” with the following:
(Sections 2, 5 to 7.‍1, 10, 29, 55 and 60)
Consequential Amendments
R.‍S.‍, c. C-46
Criminal Code
9 Paragraph 462.‍48(1)‍(a) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:
(a) an offence under Part I of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
10 Paragraph 553(c) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of subparagraph (ix) and by repealing subparagraph (x).
2000, c. 17; 2001, c. 41, s. 48
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
11 Subparagraph 11.‍11(1)‍(d)‍(ii) of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act is replaced by the following:
(ii) the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act,
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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