Bill 107, An Act to increase the jurisdiction and independence of the Anti-Corruption Commissioner and the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes and expand the power of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to grant certain benefits to cooperating witnesses

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Information

Sponsor

Coiteux, Martin,	Minister of Public Security

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 41^st Legislature, 1^st Session

Stages in the consideration of the Bill

Definition of the terms used:

• Amendment (one or more changes were made to the bill at this stage)
• Majority vote (the bill went through this stage with majority support in the Assemblée)
• Vote : Yeas, Nays, Abstentions; (the bill went through this stage following a vote, the results of which were recorded)
• The date of assent is followed by the year and chapter number of the Act assented to as they will appear in the Statutes of Québec. For instance, “2007, c. 7” following a date of assent means “Statutes of Québec 2007, chapter 7”.

Introduction

• An Act to increase the jurisdiction and independence of the Anti-Corruption Commissioner and the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes and expand the power of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to grant certain benefits to cooperating witnesses (PDF,  151 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 8, 2016

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 107, An Act to increase the jurisdiction and independence of the Anti-Corruption Commissioner and the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes and expand the power of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to grant certain benefits to cooperating witnesses
• Sitting held on October 18, 2017
• Sitting held on October 19, 2017
• Sitting held on October 24, 2017

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Special consultations on Bill 107, An Act to increase the jurisdiction and independence of the Anti-Corruption Commissioner and the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes and expand the power of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to grant certain benefits to cooperating witnesses (PDF,  593 KB) 
• Sitting held on October 25, 2017

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on October 26, 2017 (débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on November 30, 2017 (Le débat étant terminé, la motion est mise aux voix; un vote par appel nominal est exigé puis reporté à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on December 1, 2017 (Vote : Pour 80, Contre 27, Abstention 0)

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 107, An Act to increase the jurisdiction and independence of the Anti-Corruption Commissioner and the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes and expand the power of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to grant certain benefits to cooperating witnesses
• Amendments adopted (PDF,  556 KB) 
• Amendements rejetés, retirés ou irrecevables - PL 107 (PDF,  163 KB) 
• Sitting held on December 1, 2017
• Sitting held on December 5, 2017
• Sitting held on December 7, 2017

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 107, An Act to increase the jurisdiction and independence of the Anti-Corruption Commissioner and the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes and expand the power of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to grant certain benefits to cooperating witnesses (PDF,  1 MB) 
• Sitting held on December 8, 2017 (amendements)

Report stage

• Amendement rejeté du député de Matane-Matapédia - PL 107 (PDF,  267 KB) 
• Amendement rejeté du député de Beauce-Nord - PL 107 (PDF,  251 KB) 
• Amendement non mis aux voix du député de Mercier - PL 107 (PDF,  295 KB) 
• Sitting held on February 6, 2018 (débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on February 8, 2018 (Le débat étant terminé, la motion est mise aux voix; un vote par appel nominal est exigé puis reporté à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on February 13, 2018 (Vote : Pour 58, Contre 49, Abstention 0)

Passage

• Sitting held on February 13, 2018 (Le débat étant terminé, la motion est mise aux voix; un vote par appel nominal est exigé puis reporté à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on February 14, 2018 (Vote : Pour 61, Contre 49, Abstention 0)

Assent

• An Act to increase the jurisdiction and independence of the Anti-Corruption Commissioner and the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes and expand the power of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to grant certain benefits to cooperating witnesses

Date of assent: February 14, 2018

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2018, chapitre 1

Coming into force

Le 14 février 2018, sauf exceptions