Bill C-31
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SCHEDULE
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SECTION 1 OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT |
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1. For the purposes of this Convention, torture means any act
by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is
intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining
from him or a third person information or a confession,
punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is
suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him
or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any
kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the
instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public
official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not
include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or
incidental to lawful sanctions.
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2. This article is without prejudice to any international
instrument or national legislation which does or may contain
provisions of wider application.
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SECTIONS E AND F OF ARTICLE 1 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES |
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E. This Convention shall not apply to a person who is
recognized by the competent authorities of the country in which
he has taken residence as having the rights and obligations which
are attached to the possession of the nationality of that country.
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F. The provisions of this Convention shall not apply to any
person with respect to whom there are serious reasons for
considering that:
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