Bill C-447
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First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65-66-67-68 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018-2019 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (aggravating circumstance — evacuation order or emergency)
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FIRST READING, May 13, 2019
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Mr. Albas |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that taking advantage of the fact that a place is under an evacuation order or is experiencing a natural disaster or emergency is to be considered an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64-65-66-67-68 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018-2019 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-447 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (aggravating circumstance — evacuation order or emergency) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. C-46
Criminal Code
1 Paragraph 718.2(a) of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (iii.1):
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(iii.2) evidence that the offender, in committing the offence, took advantage of the fact that the place where the offence was committed was under a lawful evacuation order or was experiencing a natural disaster or other emergency,
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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