LibGuides: Law: How to trace history of legislation

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Researching Federal Statutes: Finding Legislative History
From Catherine Best's excellent guide to legal research, now maintained by CanLII.
Finding Historical Federal Legislation
Helpful guide from SFU Library.
How to Determine if a BC Act is in Force
Quick tips from Courthouse Libraries BC.
CanLII Point-in-Time Search
Compare current statutes and regulations side-by-side with historical versions at federal and provincial levels. Date ranges vary by jurisdiction.
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Federal statutes since 2003 and regulations since 2006.
BC statutes and regulations since 2009.
For info on the point-in-time search feature, see: https://www.canlii.org/en/info/legislation.html

Video Tutorial: How to find the history of a specific provision of the Criminal Code (1:04)
How to use the legislative histories feature of Crankshaw's Criminal Code of Canada in CriminalSource.
Video Tutorial: Legislative Research: How to Research Statutory Changes in BC (65:30)
In-depth video from Courthouse Libraries of BC on using free tools to trace the history and coming-into-force dates of BC legislation.