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First Session, Forty-second Parliament,

64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-230
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearm — definition of variant)

FIRST READING, February 24, 2016

Mr. Miller (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound)

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide a definition of “variant” in order to limit its application to certain firearms.

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1st Session, 42nd Parliament,

64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-230

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearm — definition of variant)

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(1)Subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

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variant, in respect of a firearm, means a firearm that has the unmodified frame or receiver of another firearm. (variante)

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(2)The definition prohibited firearm in subsection 84(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or’’ at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):

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    (e)any variant of a firearm described in any one of paragraphs (a) to (d).

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(3)The definition restricted firearm in subsection 84(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or’’ at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):

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    (e)any variant of a firearm described in any one of paragraphs (a) to (d).‍

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