Bill C-293
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
|
|
1nd Session, 35th Parliament, 42-43 Elizabeth II, 1994
|
|
|
|
The House of Commons of Canada
|
|
|
|
BILL C-293 |
|
|
|
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (use of a
firearm in the commission of or attempt
at an offence)
|
|
| R.S., c. C-46;
R.S., cc. 2, 11,
27, 31, 47, 51,
52 (1st
Supp.), cc. 1,
24, 27, 35
(2nd Supp.),
cc. 10, 19, 30,
34 (3rd
Supp.), cc. 1,
23, 29, 30, 31,
32, 40, 42, 50
(4th Supp.);
1989, c. 2;
1990, cc. 15,
16, 17, 44;
1991, cc. 1, 4,
28, 40, 43;
1992, cc. 1,
11, 20, 21, 22,
27, 38, 41, 47,
51; 1993,
cc. 7, 25, 28,
34, 37, 40, 45,
46; 1994, cc.
12, 13
|
|
|
|
|
1. Section 85 of the Criminal Code is
replaced by:
|
|
| Use of firearm
during
commission
of offence
|
85. (1) Every one who uses a firearm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
whether or not he causes or means to cause
bodily harm to any person as a result thereof,
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to
imprisonment for not more than fourteen
years and not less than five years .
|
|
| Firearm
accessible
|
(1.1) For the purposes of subsection (1)
every one who has or acts together with
another who has a firearm in his possession,
either on his person or accessible for his use at
any time during the events described in
paragraph (1)(a) or (b), is deemed to use the
firearm .
|
|
| Sentences to
be served
consecutively
|
(2) A sentence imposed on a person for an
offence under subsection (1) shall be served
consecutively to any other punishment
imposed on him for an offence under this Act .
|
|