Bill 54, An Act to follow up on the Table Justice-Québec with a view to reducing processing times in criminal and penal matters and to make the administration of justice more efficient

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Information

Sponsor

Jolin-Barrette, Simon,	Minister of Justice

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 43^rd 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 follow up on the Table Justice-Québec with a view to reducing processing times in criminal and penal matters and to make the administration of justice more efficient (PDF,  361 KB) 
• Sitting held on February 20, 2024

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on March 12, 2024

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 54, an Act to follow up on the Table Justice-Québec with a view to reducing processing times in criminal and penal matters and to make the administration of justice more efficient
• Sitting held on March 13, 2024

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Sitting held on March 14, 2024

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 54, an Act to follow up on the Table Justice-Québec with a view to reducing processing times in criminal and penal matters and to make the administration of justice more efficient
• Amendements non adoptés - PL 54 (PDF,  446 KB) 
• Amendments adopted - PL 54 (PDF,  6 MB) 
• Sitting held on March 19, 2024
• Sitting held on March 20, 2024

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 54, An Act to follow up on the Table Justice-Québec with a view to reducing processing times in criminal and penal matters and to make the administration of justice more efficient. (PDF,  8 MB) 
• Sitting held on March 21, 2024 (amendements)

Report stage

• Sitting held on March 26, 2024

Passage

• Sitting held on March 27, 2024

Assent

• An Act to follow up on the Table Justice-Québec with a view to reducing processing times in criminal and penal matters and to make the administration of justice more efficient

Date of assent: March 28, 2024

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2024, chapitre 7

Coming into force

le 28 mars 2024, sauf exceptions