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SUMMARY |
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This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that a person
causing death while operating a vehicle or vessel, or assisting in the
operation of an aircraft or of railway equipment, while impaired by
alcohol or a drug is liable to imprisonment for life.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES |
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Criminal Code |
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Clause 1: Subsection 255(3) reads as follows:
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(3) Every one who commits an offence under paragraph 253(a) and
thereby causes the death of any other person is guilty of an indictable
offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen
years.
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