Bill C-250
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1st Session, 37th Parliament, 49-50 Elizabeth II,
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House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-250 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (theft of
a motor vehicle)
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R.S., 1985, c.
C-46
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1994, c. 44, s.
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1. Paragraph 334(a) of the Criminal Code
is replaced by the following:
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2. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 334:
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Theft of a
motor vehicle
of a certain
value
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334.1 (1) Every one who commits theft of
a motor vehicle where the value of that vehicle
exceeds five thousand dollars is guilty of an
indictable offence and liable
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Definition of
``subsequent
offence''
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(2) In subsection (1), ``subsequent offence''
means a subsequent offence within the
meaning of subsections (3) and (4).
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Interpreta- tion
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(3) Where a person is convicted of an
offence under subsection (1) and at the time
the offence was committed the person had
been previously convicted of an offence under
that subsection, the offence is a subsequent
offence for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b).
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Interpreta- tion
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(4) Where a person is convicted of an
offence under subsection (1) and is then
convicted of another offence under that
subsection, that other offence shall, for the
purposes of paragraph (1)(b), be deemed to be
a subsequent offence where the offence was
committed before the earlier conviction.
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For greater
certainty
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(5) For greater certainty, for the purposes of
subsection (4), a conviction for another
offence under subsection (1) includes a
conviction for another offence under
subsection (1) arising out of the same event or
series of events.
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