Bill C-13

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SUMMARY
1 Criminal Code
2 Coming into Force
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Second Session, Forty-third Parliament,

69 Elizabeth II, 2020

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-13

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting)

FIRST READING, November 26, 2020

MINISTER OF JUSTICE

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends paragraph 207(4)‍(b) of the Criminal Code to make it lawful for the government of a province or territory, or a licensed person or entity, to conduct and manage in the province or territory a lottery scheme that involves betting on a race — other than a horse-race — or fight, or on a single sport event or athletic contest.

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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament,

69 Elizabeth II, 2020

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-13

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.‍S.‍, c. C-46

Criminal Code

R.‍S.‍, c. 52 (1st Supp.‍), s. 3

1 Paragraph 207(4)‍(b) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

(b) bookmaking, pool selling or the making or recording of bets, including bets made through the agency of a pool or pari-mutuel system, on any horse-race; or

Coming into Force

Order in council

2 Section 1 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.