An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) (S.C. 2023, c. 1)

• Published date: 27 October 2023
• Date: 09 March 2023
• Gazette Issue: 1 - [object Object]
• Section: Part III - Acts of Parliament

S.C. 2023, c. 1

Assented to 2023-03-09

An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

SUMMARY

This enactment amends An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) to delay, until March 17, 2024, the repeal of the exclusion from eligibility for receiving medical assistance in dying in circumstances where the sole underlying medical condition identified in support of the request for medical assistance in dying is a mental illness.

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

2021, c. 2An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

1 Section 6 of An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:March 17, 2024

6 Subsection 1(2.1) comes into force on March 17, 2024.