An Act to amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act

Short title: Fighting Foreign Corruption Act Bill S-14 (41-1) Status: Royal assent received Type: Senate Government Bill Sponsor: Marjory LeBreton, Leader of the Government in the Senate Latest stage: Royal assent Legislative

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summary is available.<br/><br/>On February 2013, the Leader of the Government in the Senate introduced Bill S-14,

An Act to amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Fighting Foreign Corruption Act) in the Senate and it was given first reading.<br/><br/>The Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) makes it a criminal offence in Canada for persons or companies to bribe foreign public officials to obtain or retain an advantage in the course of international business.<br/><br/>Bill S-14 amends the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act to<br/><br/>• increase the maximum sentence of imprisonment applicable to the offence of bribing a foreign public official;<br/>• eliminate the facilitation payments exception to that offence;<br/>• create a new offence relating to books and records and the bribing of a foreign public official or the hiding of that bribery; and<br/>• establish nationality jurisdiction that would apply to all of the offences under the Act.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2013-03-27) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2013-06-04) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: Completed (2013-06-14) House of Commons — Report stage: Completed (2013-06-18) House of Commons — Third reading: Completed (2013-06-18) Senate — First reading: Completed (2013-02-05) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2013-02-27) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2013-03-07) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2013-03-26) LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/41-1/s-14