An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act

Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Protection of Children and Other Vulnerable Persons) and the Canada Evidence Act was a bill tabled in the Parliament of Canada in 2004 and passed in 2005. The act amended several statutes related to the consent of sexual acts, sexual offences, and child abuse.

Bill C-2 amended Section 153 of the Criminal Code to additionally prohibit the sexual touching of a person under the age of 18 if they are "in a relationship with a young person that is exploitative of the young person", increased various penalties related to child abuse, made voyeurism an offence, and expands the definition of child pornography to include audio recordings and writings "whose dominant characteristic is the description, for a sexual purpose, of sexual activity with a person under the age of eighteen years."

Bill C-2 was initially read October 8, 2004. After moving from the House of Commons to the Senate, after its first Senate reading on June 14, 2005 it was amended two days later, four days prior to its second Senate reading on June 20, where it was passed.[1]

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  1. ↑ Canadian Parliament Bills: BILL C-2: AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL CODE (PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND OTHER VULNERABLE PERSONS retrieved February 11, 2009

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