Bill C-251
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1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46 Elizabeth II, 1997
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-251 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the
Corrections and Conditional Release Act
(cumulative sentences)
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| 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, 38, 44;
1995, cc. 5,
19, 22, 27, 29,
32, 39, 42;
1996, cc. 7, 8,
16, 19, 31, 34;
1997, cc. 9,
16, 17, 18, 23,
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CRIMINAL CODE |
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1. Section 271 of the Criminal Code is
amended by adding the following after
subsection (1):
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be served
consecutively
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(2) A sentence imposed on a person for an
offence under subsection (1) shall be served
consecutively to any other punishment
imposed on the person for an offence arising
out of the same event or series of events and
to any other sentence to which the person is
subject at the time the sentence is imposed on
the person for an offence under subsection
(1).
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| 1992, c. 20;
1993, c. 34;
1995, cc. 22,
39, 42; 1996,
c. 19; 1997, c.
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CORRECTIONS AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE ACT |
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2. Section 120 of the Corrections and
Conditional Release Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (2):
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be served
consecutively
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(2.1) The portion of a sentence of
imprisonment for life that a person who has
been convicted of first degree murder or
second degree murder must serve before the
person may be released on full parole is,
subject to subsection (2.2), that provided for in
section 745 or 745.1 of the Criminal Code and,
in addition, where the person is under another
sentence of imprisonment in respect of
another offence arising out of the same event
or series of events or under any other sentence
at the time the sentence of imprisonment for
life is imposed on the person, the lesser of one
third of any other sentence of imprisonment
and seven years.
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murder
conviction
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(2.2) Where a person is sentenced to a term
of imprisonment for life for first degree
murder or second degree murder after being
sentenced to a term of imprisonment for life in
respect of another first degree murder or
second degree murder not arising out of the
same event or series of events, the portion of
the sentence that the person must serve before
the person may be released on full parole is
that provided for in section 745 or 745.1 of the
Criminal Code and shall be added to the
portion of the sentence that the person must
serve under that section in respect of the other
conviction for first degree murder or second
degree murder.
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