Bill C-398
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SUMMARY |
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The purpose of this enactment is to require that a sentence for the
commission of certain serious offences be supplemented if a firearm is
used. The additional sentence is to be served consecutively to the other
sentence and is to be a further minimum punishment of ten years
imprisonment if the firearm is not discharged; twenty years if it is
discharged; and twenty-five years if it is discharged and as a result a
person, other than an accomplice, is wounded, maimed or disfigured.
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The offences affected are those specified in the following sections:
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236 (manslaughter); 239 (attempted murder); 244 (assault causing bodily harm with intent); 272 (sexual assault with a weapon); 273 (aggravated sexual assault); 279 (kidnapping); 279.1 (hostage taking); 344 (robbery); and 346 (extortion). |
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