Bill S-228: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures)

R.S., c. C-46 Criminal Code 1 The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 268: Sterilization 268.1 (1) For greater certainty, a sterilization procedure is an act that wounds or maims a person for the purposes of subsection 268(1). Definition of sterilization procedure (2) In this section, sterilization procedure means the severing, clipping, tying or cauterizing, in whole or in part, of the Fallopian tubes, ovaries or uterus of a person or any other procedure performed on a person that results in the permanent prevention of reproduction, regardless of whether the procedure is reversible through a subsequent surgical procedure.