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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
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".
2 Section 9 is amended by striking out "sexual orientation or sex" and substituting "sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression".
3 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".
5 Section 41 (1) is amended by adding "sexual orientation, gender identity or expression," after "sex,".
6 Section 42 (1) (a) is amended by striking out "or sex," and substituting "sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression,".
7 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.