R.S., c. C-46 Criminal Code 1 The  Criminal Code  is amended by adding the following after section 268: Sterilization 268.1 (1) For greater certainty, a
sterilization procedure is an act that
wounds or maims a person for the purposes
of subsection 268(1). Definition of  sterilization procedure (2) In this section,  sterilization procedure 
means the severing, clipping, tying or
cauterizing, in whole or in part, of the
Fallopian tubes, ovaries or uterus of a
person or any other procedure performed
on a person that  results  in the permanent
prevention of reproduction,  regardless  of
whether the procedure is reversible through
a subsequent surgical procedure.