Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Issue 10 - Sixth Report of the Committee

Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its

SIXTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (suicide bombings), has, in obedience to the order of reference of Tuesday, March 31, 2009, examined the said Bill and now reports the same with the following amendment:

Clause 1, page 1:

(a) Replace lines 8 to 10 with the following:

"bombing is an act that comes within paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition "terrorist activity'' in subsection (1) if it satisfies the criteria of that paragraph.''; and

(b) Add after line 10 the following:

" 2. This Act comes into force on the day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.''.

Respectfully submitted,

JOAN FRASER

Chair