2016 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 40th Parliament

THIRD READING

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Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 25th day of July, 2016

Craig James, Clerk of the House

HONOURABLE SUZANNE ANTON

MINISTER OF JUSTICE

BILL 27 – 2016

HUMAN RIGHTS CODE AMENDMENT ACT, 2016

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 Sections 7 (1) and 8 (1) of the Human Rights Code, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 210, are amended by adding " , gender identity or expression ," after " sexual orientation ".

Section 9 is amended by striking out " sexual orientation or sex " and substituting " sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression ".

Section 10 (1) is amended by adding " gender identity or expression, " after " sexual orientation, ".

4 Sections 11, 13 (1) and 14 are amended by adding " , gender identity or expression, " after " sexual orientation ".

Section 41 (1) is amended by adding " sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, " after " sex, ".

Section 42 (1) (

a) is amended by striking out " or sex, " and substituting " sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, ".

Commencement

7 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

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