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summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive

summary is available. <br/><br/>On June 2010, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism introduced Bill C-35,

An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act<br/>(Cracking Down on Crooked Consultants Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.<br/><br/>Bill C-35 amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to change the manner of regulating third parties in immigration processes.

Among other things it <br/><br/>• creates a new offence by extending the prohibition against representing or advising persons for consideration — or offering to do so — to all stages in connection with a proceeding or application under that Act<br/><br/>• exempts from the prohibition: members of a provincial bar or the Chambre des notaires du Québec, and students-at-law acting under their supervision; members of a body designated by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration: and entities, and persons acting on the entities’ behalf, acting in accordance with an agreement or arrangement with Her Majesty in right of Canada;<br/><br/>• extends the time for instituting certain proceedings by way of

summary conviction from six months to five years;<br/><br/>• gives the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration the power to make transitional regulations in relation to the designation by the Minister of a body;<br/><br/>• provides for oversight by that Minister of a designated body through regulations requiring the body to provide information to allow the Minister to determine whether it governs its members in the public interest; and<br/><br/>• facilitates information sharing with regulatory bodies regarding the professional and ethical conduct of their members.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2010-06-08) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2010-09-23) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: Completed (2010-11-24) House of Commons — Report stage: Completed (2010-12-06) House of Commons — Third reading: Completed (2010-12-07) Senate — First reading: Completed (2010-12-07) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2011-03-01) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2011-03-10) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2011-03-21) Full bill text is not included in the LEGISinfo JSON export.

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