S-241: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Indian Act — LegisWatch — LegisWatch

S-241Senate Public Bill

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Indian Act

Latest completed stage: 2nd Reading

Introduced 283 days ago

45th Parliament, 1st Session

Summary

This enactment amends section 207 the Criminal Code to provide that the governing body of a First Nation has exclusive authority to conduct and manage a lottery scheme from or within its reserve and to license the conduct and management of a lottery scheme by other persons and entities from or within its reserve, if the governing body of the First Nation has provided notice to the Government of Canada and the government of any province in which the reserve is located of its intention to exercise that authority. This enactment also amends the Indian Act to grant the council of the band authority to make by-laws for the purposes of regulating the operation, conduct and management of lottery schemes permitted from or within the band’s reserve under section 207 of the Criminal Code.

Event Timeline

Senate First Reading
Nov 20, 2025Senate
Senate Second Reading
Mar 12, 2026Senate

Statutes Touched by This Bill

Amends

Repeals

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PMB

Senate

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S-241 touches 3 statutes

Regulatory Activity

Constitution Act, 1982 · 1 entry

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
May 9, 2022	II	Order	Constitution Amendment, 2022 (Saskatchewan Act)	SI/2022-25

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Indian Act · 137 entries

Criminal Code · 81 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 9, 2026	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2026-117
Jun 5, 2026	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period — Order Amending Certain Orders Declaring an	SOR/2026-114
Mar 9, 2026	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2026-44
Dec 17, 2025	II	Order	List of Entities — Order Accepting the Recommendation of the Minister Regarding the	SI/2025-111
Dec 4, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-250
Dec 8, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-263
Oct 10, 2025	II	Regulation	Criminal Code — Order Amending Certain Orders Made Under the	SOR/2025-208
Sep 28, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-201
Mar 7, 2025	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2025) — Order Declaring an	SOR/2025-87
Mar 7, 2025	II	Regulation	Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted — Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain	SOR/2025-86
Feb 19, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-31
Dec 5, 2024	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2024) — Order Declaring an	SOR/2024-249
Dec 5, 2024	II	Regulation	Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted — Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain	SOR/2024-248
Nov 29, 2024	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2024-236
Oct 11, 2024	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2024-204
Jun 27, 2024	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2024-156
Jun 18, 2024	II	Regulation	Establishing a List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2024-139
Jun 18, 2024	II	Regulation	Establishing a List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2024-140
Jul 3, 2024	II	Order	Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that each listed entity set out in the annexed Schedule 1 remain a listed entity and that the entity in Schedule 2 no longer remain a listed entity — Order Accepting the	SI/2024-29
May 31, 2024	II	Regulation	Criminal Interest Rate Regulations	SOR/2024-114
May 9, 2024	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Amending the Order Declaring an	SOR/2024-84
Apr 17, 2024	II	Regulation	Approved Screening Devices Order	SOR/2024-66
Feb 17, 2024	I	Proposed	Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Dec 23, 2023	I	Proposed	Criminal Interest Rate Regulations	Justice, Dept. of
Oct 20, 2023	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Amending the Order Declaring an	SOR/2023-223
May 1, 2023	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2023-87
Jan 9, 2023	II	Regulation	New Brunswick Translated Documents Regulations, SOR/93-9 — Order Revoking the	SOR/2023-5
Jan 4, 2023	II	Order	Approved Screening Devices Order — Order Amending the	SI/2023-1
Oct 26, 2022	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations Amending the Regulations for the	SOR/2022-222
Oct 8, 2022	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order (New commenting feature)	Justice, Dept. of
Jun 21, 2022	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2022-139
May 21, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying	Health, Dept. of
Mar 4, 2022	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Amending the Order Declaring an	SOR/2022-45
Jun 25, 2021	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2021-169
Jul 7, 2021	II	Order	Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that Each Listed Entity Remain a Listed Entity — Order Accepting the	SI/2021-38
Feb 3, 2021	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2021-8
Feb 3, 2021	II	Order	Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that Each Listed Entity Remain a Listed Entity — Order Accepting the	SI/2021-5
Dec 21, 2020	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2020-285
Oct 22, 2020	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-230
Sep 30, 2020	II	Order	Approved Screening Devices Order — Order Amending the	SI/2020-63
May 1, 2020	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Declaring an	SOR/2020-97
May 1, 2020	II	Regulation	Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited, Restricted or Non-Restricted — Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain	SOR/2020-96
Feb 27, 2020	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-33
Feb 8, 2020	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Jun 24, 2019	II	Regulation	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order — Order Amending	SOR/2019-237
Jun 21, 2019	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2019-231
Jun 21, 2019	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2019-231
May 25, 2019	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Apr 10, 2019	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2019-96
Apr 20, 2019	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Feb 11, 2019	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2019-45
Jan 28, 2019	II	Regulation	Approved Breath Analysis Instruments Order — Order Amending	SOR/2019-26
Jan 28, 2019	II	Regulation	Approved Screening Devices Order — Order Amending	SOR/2019-25
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Certain Department of Justice Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-254
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Newfoundland and Labrador for the Purposes of Section 347.1 of the Criminal Code — Order Designating	SOR/2018-257
Nov 10, 2018	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Breath Analysis Instruments Order	Justice, Dept. of
Nov 10, 2018	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Oct 31, 2018	II	Order	Court of Appeal of Quebec in Criminal Matters — Rules	SI/2018-96
Aug 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	SOR/2018-179
Sep 5, 2018	II	Order	Manitoba Criminal Appeal Rules — Rules Amending	SI/2018-82
Jul 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations	SOR/2018-166
Jul 28, 2018	I	Proposed	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Jul 25, 2018	II	Order	Rule 91 of the Civil Procedure Rules of Nova Scotia — Amendment	SI/2018-56
Jun 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations	SOR/2018-148
Jun 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-149
Jun 13, 2018	II	Order	Criminal Proceedings Rules of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador	SI/2018-43
Jun 1, 2018	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-117
May 30, 2018	II	Regulation	Safe Food for Canadians Regulations	SOR/2018-108
May 23, 2018	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2018-103
May 2, 2018	II	Order	Court of Appeal of Alberta Criminal Appeal Rules — The	SI/2018-34
Mar 20, 2018	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2018) — Order Declaring	SOR/2018-46
Dec 16, 2017	I	Proposed	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying Regulations	Health, Dept. of
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Criminal Procedure Rules	SI/2017-76
Oct 14, 2017	I	Proposed	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations	Justice, Dept. of
May 12, 2017	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2017) — Order Declaring	SOR/2017-87
Mar 24, 2017	II	Regulation	New Brunswick for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code — Order Designating	SOR/2017-40
Feb 2, 2017	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2017-8
Dec 23, 2016	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2016-320
Oct 5, 2016	II	In force	Order Fixing October 31, 2016 as the Day on which Section 23 of the Act Comes into Force	SI/2016-53
Jun 29, 2016	II	Order	Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench — Criminal Proceedings Rules	SI/2016-34
Jun 11, 2016	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	Agriculture and Agri-Food, Dept. of