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href="/eng/acts/C-38.7/index.html">Contraventions Act</a> <a href="/PDF/C-38.7.pdf">PDF: 339 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/acts/C-38.8/index.html">Controlled Drugs and Substances Act </a> <a href="/PDF/C-38.8.pdf">PDF: 704 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/acts/C-42/index.html">Copyright Act</a> <a href="/PDF/C-42.pdf">PDF: 1249 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/AnnualStatutes/2020_5/">COVID-19 Emergency Response Act</a> <a href="/PDF/2020_5.pdf">PDF: 563 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/AnnualStatutes/2020_6/">COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2</a> <a href="/PDF/2020_6.pdf">PDF: 287 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/acts/C-46/index.html">Criminal Code</a> <a href="/PDF/C-46.pdf">PDF: 7932 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/acts/D-3.4/index.html">Divorce Act</a> <a href="/PDF/D-3.4.pdf">PDF: 953 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/acts/F-11/index.html">Financial Administration Act</a> <a 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class="statRes"> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/regulations/SOR-86-304/index.html">Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations</a> <a href="/PDF/SOR-86-304.pdf">PDF 1595 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/regulations/SOR-97-175/index.html">Federal Child Support Guidelines</a> <a href="/PDF/SOR-97-175.pdf">PDF 1675 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._870/index.html">Food and Drug Regulations</a> <a href="/PDF/C.R.C.,_c._870.pdf">PDF 13030 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._945/index.html">Income Tax Regulations</a> <a href="/PDF/C.R.C.,_c._945.pdf">PDF 7877 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/regulations/SOR-2020-90/index.html">Income Support Payment (Excluded Nominal Income) Regulations</a> <a href="/PDF/SOR-2020-90.pdf">PDF 89 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/regulations/SOR-2020-62/index.html">Income Support Payment Amount Regulations</a> <a href="/PDF/SOR-2020-62.pdf">PDF 89 KB</a></li> <li><a class="statRes" href="/eng/regulations/SOR-2022-105/index.html">Migratory Birds Regulations, 2022</a> <a href="/PDF/SOR-2022-105.pdf">PDF 901 KB</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> </div>  <div class="col-md-5"> <section class="panel panel-info"> <header class="panel-heading"> <h2 class="panel-title">Consolidation News</h2> </header> <div class="panel-body"> <p class="footnote">Unless otherwise <a href="/eng/FAQ/#g6">indicated</a>:</p> <ul class="nav"> <li>Acts current to 2024-10-30</li> <li>Regulations current to 2024-10-30</li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="panel panel-info"> <header class="panel-heading"> <h2 class="panel-title">What’s New</h2> </header> <div class="panel-body"> <ul class="whatsNew"> <li> <header><p class="newsDate">2024-07-24</p> <h4 class="newsTitle">Update to Constitutional Documents</h4></header> Updates of the two administrative consolidations of the <a href="/eng/Const/Const_index.html">Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982</a> that reflect amendments made since January 1, 2021 are now available. </li> <li> <header><p class="newsDate">2024-06-05</p> <h4 class="newsTitle">List of repeals</h4></header> The Minister of Justice has published in the <em>Canada Gazette</em> the list of provisions that were repealed on December 31, 2023, by the operation of section 3 of the <a href="/eng/acts/S-21.5/index.html"><em>Statutes Repeal Act</em></a>.</li> <li> <header><p class="newsDate">2024-03-20</p> <h4 class="newsTitle">Corrections report (2023)</h4></header> The Department of Justice has added the 2023 corrections to the <a href="/eng/Corrections/">report</a> listing typographical and grammatical corrections made under paragraph 27(c) of the <a href="/eng/acts/S-20/index.html"><em>Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act</em></a>. </li> <li> <header><p class="newsDate">2024-02-28</p> <h4 class="newsTitle">2024 Annual Report</h4></header> The Minister of Justice tabled the 2024 Annual Report prepared in accordance with the <a href="/eng/acts/S-21.5/"><em>Statutes Repeal Act</em></a> in the House of Commons on January 31<sup>st</sup>, 2024 and in the Senate on February 7<sup>th</sup>, 2024.<br/> <a href="/eng/Reports/2024.html">2024 Annual Report</a> (<a href="/PDF/2024-Report_Rapport.pdf">PDF</a> [257 KB]) </li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="imageContainer"> <img class="center-block" alt="" src="/images/HouseCommons.jpg" /> </div> </div> </div> <dl id="wb-dtmd"> <dt>Date modified: </dt> <dd><time property="dateModified">2024-11-13</time></dd> </dl> </main> <nav id="wb-sec" typeof="SiteNavigationElement" class="col-md-3 col-md-pull-9 visible-md visible-lg"> <h2>Section menu</h2> <ul class="list-group menu list-unstyled"><li> <h3 class="wb-navcurr">Constitutional Documents</h3> <ul class="list-group menu list-unstyled"> <li><a class="list-group-item" href="/eng/Const/page-12.html">Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms</a></li> <li><a class="list-group-item" 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