Bill C-426
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This enactment amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to provide for a minimum sentence of imprisonment for a person convicted of growing or producing cannabis (marihuana) and to increase the punishment for a person convicted of the same offence on a subsequent occasion. |
Le texte modifie la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances afin de prévoir une peine minimale d’emprisonnement pour toute personne reconnue coupable de culture ou de production de cannabis (marihuana), et d’alourdir la peine en cas de récidive. |
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1st Session, 38th Parliament, 53-54 Elizabeth II, 2004-2005 House of Commons of Canada Bill C-426 |
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1re session, 38e législature, 53-54 Elizabeth II, 2004-2005 Chambre des communes du Canada Projet de loi C-426 |
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An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (growing or producing cannabis) |
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Loi modifiant la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances (culture ou production de cannabis) |
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1996, c. 19 |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: |
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Sa Majesté, sur l’avis et avec le consentement du Sénat et de la Chambre des communes du Canada, édicte : |
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1996, ch. 19 |
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1. Paragraph 7(2)(b) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is replaced by the following: (b) where the subject-matter of the offence is cannabis (marihuana) produced from more than twenty-five plants but from not more than fifty plants, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years less a day and not more than ten years, and a fine of five thousand dollars; (b.1) where the subject-matter of the offence is cannabis (marihuana) produced from more than twenty-five plants but from not more than fifty plants, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprison- ment for a term of not less than two years less a day and not more than ten years, and a fine of one hundred thousand dollars; (b.2) where the subject-matter of the offence is cannabis (marihuana) produced from more than fifty plants, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprison- ment for a term of not less than two years less a day and not more than fourteen years, and a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars; (b.3) where the subject-matter of the offence is cannabis (marihuana) produced from more than fifty plants, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprison- ment for a term of not less than two years less a day and not more than fourteen years, and a fine of one hundred thousand dollars; |
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1. L’alinéa 7(2)b) de la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances est remplacé par ce qui suit : b) dans le cas de cannabis (marihuana) produit à partir de plus de vingt-cinq mais d’au plus cinquante plants, un acte criminel passible d’un emprisonnement minimal de deux ans moins un jour et maximal de dix ans, et d’une amende de cinq mille dollars; b.1) dans le cas de cannabis (marihuana) produit à partir de plus de vingt-cinq mais d’au plus cinquante plants, un acte criminel passible, en cas de récidive, d’un emprison-nement minimal de deux ans moins un jour et maximal de dix ans, et d’une amende de cent mille dollars; b.2) dans le cas de cannabis (marihuana) produit à partir de plus de cinquante plants, un acte criminel passible d’un emprison-nement minimal de deux ans moins un jour et maximal de quatorze ans, et d’une amende de vingt-cinq mille dollars; b.3) dans le cas de cannabis (marihuana) produit à partir de plus de cinquante plants, un acte criminel passible, en cas de récidive, d’un emprisonnement minimal de deux ans moins un jour et maximal de quatorze ans, et d’une amende de cent mille dollars; |
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coordinating amendment |
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disposition de coordination |
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Bill C-17 |
2. If Bill C-17, introduced in the 1st Session of the 38th Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Contraventions Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (the “other Act”) receives royal assent, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 7 of the other Act and the coming into force of this Act, paragraphs 7(3)(c) and (d) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act are replaced by the following: (c) more than twenty-five but not more than fifty plants is guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years less a day and not more than ten years, and a fine of five thousand dollars; (d) more than twenty-five but not more than fifty plants is guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction on indictment, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years less a day and not more than ten years, and a fine of one hundred thousand dollars; (e) more than fifty plants is guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years less a day and not more than fourteen years, and a fine of twenty five thousand dollars; or (f) more than fifty plants is guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction on indictment, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years less a day and not more than fourteen years, and a fine of one hundred thousand dollars. |
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2. En cas de sanction du projet de loi C-17 déposé au cours de la 1re session de la 38e législature et intitulé Loi modifiant la Loi sur les contraventions et la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances et apportant des modifications corrélatives à d’autres lois, à l’entrée en vigueur de l’article 7 de cette loi ou à celle de la présente loi, la dernière en date étant à retenir, les alinéas 7(3)c) et d) de la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances sont remplacés par ce qui suit : c) de plus de vingt-cinq mais d’au plus cinquante plants commet un acte criminel passible d’un emprisonnement minimal de deux ans moins un jour et maximal de dix ans, et d’une amende de cinq mille dollars; d) de plus de vingt-cinq mais d’au plus cinquante plants commet un acte criminel passible, en cas de récidive, d’un emprisonnement minimal de deux ans moins un jour et maximal de dix ans, et d’une amende de cent mille dollars; e) de plus de cinquante plants commet un acte criminel passible d’un emprisonnement minimal de deux ans moins un jour et maximal de quatorze ans, et d’une amende de vingt-cinq mille dollars; f) de plus de cinquante plants commet un acte criminel passible, en cas de récidive, d’un emprisonnement minimal de deux ans moins un jour et maximal de quatorze ans, et d’une amende de cent mille dollars. |
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