Bill C-258

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	2nd Session, 37th Parliament, 51 Elizabeth II, 2002
	House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-258
	An Act to amend the Criminal Code (arrest without warrant)
R.S., c. C-46	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. (1) Subsection 495(1) of the Criminal Code* is amended by striking out the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the following after paragraph (b):**
	(b.1) a person who has committed the offence described in subsection 733.1(1) or who, on reasonable grounds, he believes has committed or is about to commit the offence;
	(b.2) a person who wilfully fails or refuses to comply with a condition of parole or of an unescorted temporary absence or who, on reasonable grounds, he believes has breached or is about to breach such a condition; or
	(2) Paragraph 495(2)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) an offence for which the person may be prosecuted by indictment or for which he is punishable on summary conviction, with the exception of the offence described in subsection 733.1(1), or
	2. This Act comes into force 60 days after the day on which it receives royal assent.

BILL C-258