Bill S-267
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (aggravating circumstance — evacuation order or emergency)
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FIRST READING, June 13, 2023
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR ATAULLAHJAN |
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 Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en |
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-267 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (aggravating circumstance — evacuation order or emergency) |
His 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.2):
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(iii.3) 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 Senate of Canada
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
718.2 A court that imposes a sentence shall also take into consideration the following principles:
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(a) a sentence should be increased or reduced to account for any relevant aggravating or mitigating circumstances relating to the offence or the offender, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
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