 The bill received royal assent on June 26, 2013, coming into force one year later.In 1990, a 4-3 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada upheld in the constitutionality of section 13(1).The majority found that the section did infringe freedom of expression under section 2 of the "Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms", but that the prohibition on hate speech was a justifiable limitation under section 1 of the Charter.