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Bill C-507

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CRIMINAL CODE

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, 30, 39; 1998, cc. 7, 9, 15, 30, 34, 35, 37; 1999, cc. 2, 3, 5, 17, 18, 25, 28, 31, 32

15. Section 319 of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subsection (7):

Internet

(8) For the purposes of this section

    (a) the international computer net known as the Internet is a public place, and

    (b) placing material on the Internet in a form in which it may, by any direct or indirect means, with or without the use of a code or password or the payment of a fee, be recovered by another person, is a communication of a statement, regardless of whether or not it is shown that any person did so recover it.