Studies & Bills

Orders of Reference

An order of reference is a decision of the Senate authorizing a committee to undertake the study of an issue, bill or other matter. Most committees require an order of reference before they can undertake such work. However, three committees are empowered by the Rules of the Senate to act on their own initiative without a prior order of reference from the Senate. These are the Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament; the Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration; and the Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators.

Studies & Bills	Order of Reference	Session	note	note
Bill C-95, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal organizations) and to amend other Acts in consequence	1997-04-23	35-2
Thursday, April 24, 1997 at 10:32 AM
Bill C-205, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Copyright Act (profit from authorship respecting crime)	1997-04-22	35-2
Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (production of records in sexual offence proceedings	1997-04-22	35-2
Thursday, April 24, 1997 at 10:32 AM Wednesday, April 23, 1997 at 4:40 PM
Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General	1997-04-17	35-2
Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 9:02 AM Monday, April 21, 1997 at 2:03 PM
Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and certain other Acts	1997-04-16	35-2
Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 4:02 PM Monday, April 21, 1997 at 10:04 AM
Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)	1997-04-16	35-2
Thursday, April 17, 1997 at 11:02 AM
The Regulations pursuant to subsections 7(6) and (7) of the Referendum Act	1997-04-15	35-2
Wednesday, April 16, 1997 at 7:48 PM
Bill C-71, An Act to regulate the manufacture, sale, labelling and promotion of tobacco products, to make consequential amendments to another Act and to repeal certain Acts	1997-03-13	35-2
Thursday, April 10, 1997 at 10:30 AM Wednesday, April 9, 1997 at 3:20 PM Monday, April 7, 1997 at 12:00 PM Thursday, April 3, 1997 at 12:32 PM Thursday, April 3, 1997 at 9:00 AM Wednesday, April 2, 1997 at 1:20 PM Wednesday, April 2, 1997 at 8:37 AM Tuesday, April 1, 1997 at 1:00 PM Thursday, March 20, 1997 at 10:32 AM Wednesday, March 19, 1997 at 3:15 PM
Bill S-15, An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Bishop of the Arctic of Church of England in Canada	1997-02-18	35-2
Thursday, March 13, 1997 at 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 19, 1997 at 4:01 PM
Bill C-53, An Act to amend the Prisons and Reformatories Act	1997-02-11	35-2