Bill C-18
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment amends the Criminal Code by increasing the
maximum penalty for impaired driving causing death to life
imprisonment, providing for the taking of blood samples for the
purpose of testing for the presence of a drug and making other
amendments.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES |
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Criminal Code |
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Clause 1: The definition ``motor vehicle'' in section
2 reads as follows:
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``motor vehicle'' means a vehicle that is drawn, propelled or driven by
any means other than muscular power, but does not include railway
equipment;
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Clause 2: Subsection 255(3) reads as follows:
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(3) Every one who commits an offence under paragraph 253(a) and
thereby causes the death of any other person is guilty of an indictable
offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen
years.
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Clause 3: Subsection 256(1) reads as follows:
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256. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a justice is satisfied, on an
information on oath in Form 1 or on an information on oath submitted
to the justice pursuant to section 487.1 by telephone or other means of
telecommunication, that there are reasonable grounds to believe that
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the justice may issue a warrant authorizing a peace officer to require a
qualified medical practitioner to take, or to cause to be taken by a
qualified technician under the direction of the qualified medical
practitioner, such samples of the blood of the person as in the opinion
of the person taking the samples are necessary to enable a proper
analysis to be made in order to determine the concentration, if any, of
alcohol in his blood.
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Clause 4: The relevant portion of section 553 reads as
follows:
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553. The jurisdiction of a provincial court judge, or in Nunavut, of
a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice, to try an accused is absolute and
does not depend on the consent of the accused where the accused is
charged in an information
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