Bill C-266
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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-266 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code
(alcohol-sensing ignition control for
automobiles)
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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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1. Section 255 of the Criminal Code is
amended by adding the following after
subsection (5):
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Definition of
``alcohol-sen- sing ignition control''
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(5.1) In this section and section 259,
``alcohol-sensing ignition control'' means a
device that analyses a sample of breath of a
person who intends to operate a vehicle and
permits the ignition to be activated only if the
sample shows that the person would not be in
contravention of section 253 in operating the
vehicle.
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Order to use
alcohol-sensin
g ignition
control
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(5.2) A court imposing a sentence on an
offender for an offence under this section or
making a probation order in respect of the
offence pursuant to section 731 may, if the
offender resides in a province that has
legislation governing alcohol-sensing ignition
controls, order that
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2. Section 259 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (1):
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Order to use
alcohol-sensin
g ignition
control
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(1.1) A court making an order prohibiting
an offender from operating a motor vehicle
under subsection (1) may, if the offender
resides in a province that has legislation
governing alcohol-sensing ignition controls,
order that a part of the period of prohibition be
suspended if the offender undertakes to install
and maintain in working order, for such period
as the court may order, an alcohol-sensing
ignition control on every motor vehicle that
the offender operates.
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