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FAAE Committee Report

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In accordance with its Order of Reference of Monday, December 10, 2018, your Committee has considered Bill S-240, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs), and agreed on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, to report it with the following amendments:
Clause 2
That Bill S-240, in Clause 2, be amended by
(a) replacing line 3 on page 2 with the following:

“person from whom it was removed or a person lawfully authorized to consent on behalf of the person from whom it was removed did not give in-”

(b) replacing line 8 on page 2 with the following:

“knowing that the person from whom it was removed or a person lawfully authorized to consent on behalf of the person from whom it was removed”

(c) replacing lines 12 to 15 on page 2 with the following:

“(c) does anything in connection with the removal of an organ from the body of another person on behalf of, at the direction of or in association with the person who removes the organ, knowing that the person from whom it was removed or a person lawfully authorized to consent on behalf of the person from whom it was removed did not give informed consent”

That Bill S-240, in Clause 2, be amended by deleting lines 18 to 23 on page 2.
That Bill S-240, in Clause 2, be amended by deleting lines 34 to 39 on page 2.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 129 and 130) is tabled.