Bill C-444
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C-444
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament,
62 Elizabeth II, 2013
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-444
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (personating peace officer or public officer)
AS PASSED
BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
OCTOBER 16, 2013
OCTOBER 16, 2013
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to establish that personating a police officer or a public officer for the purpose of committing another offence must be considered by a court to be an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes.
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2nd Session, 41st Parliament,
62 Elizabeth II, 2013
house of commons of canada
BILL C-444
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (personating peace officer or public officer)
R.S., c. C-46
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 130:
Aggravating circumstance
130.1 If a person is convicted of an offence under section 130, the court imposing the sentence on the person shall consider as an aggravating circumstance the fact that the accused personated a peace officer or a public officer, as the case may be, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of another offence.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons