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This enactment amends the Criminal Code by
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(a) establishing more serious offences for placing, or knowingly
permitting to remain in a place, a trap, device or other thing that is
likely to cause death or bodily harm to a person;
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(b) permitting the use of as much force as is reasonably necessary on
board an aircraft to prevent the commission of an offence that would
be likely to cause immediate and serious injury to the aircraft or to
any person or property in the aircraft;
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(c) modifying the provision dealing with the provision of
information on oath in relation to weapons; and
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(d) creating an exemption to the offence of intercepting private
communications in order to protect computer systems.
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It amends the Financial Administration Act in order to authorize the
federal government to take necessary measures to protect its computer
systems.
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It also amends the Canada Evidence Act, the Security of Information
Act and the Criminal Code in order to make technical corrections,
especially in relation to equivalence between the two official language
versions.
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