An Act to amend the Criminal Code (declaration of exception pursuant to subsection 33(1) of the Charter for mandatory minimum sentences for child sexual abuse and exploitation material offences)

This enactment amends section 163.1 of the Criminal Code to declare that paragraphs 163.1(4)(a) and 163.1(4.1)(a) — which include mandatory minimum sentences for the offences of possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material and accessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material, respectively — operate notwithstanding section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.