Bill C-413
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C-413
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,
55-56 Elizabeth II, 2006-2007
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-413
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (leaving province to avoid warrant of arrest or committal)
first reading, March 21, 2007
NOTE
2nd Session, 39th Parliament
This bill was introduced during the First Session of the 39th Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the First Session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.
Ms. Black
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to make it an offence for a person to leave the province where he or she resides in order to evade, delay or prevent arrest or committal.
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1st Session, 39th Parliament,
55-56 Elizabeth II, 2006-2007
house of commons of canada
BILL C-413
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (leaving province to avoid warrant of arrest or committal)
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. The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 139:
Warrant of arrest or committal
139.1 Every person who knows or believes that a warrant of arrest or committal has been issued or will be issued in respect of that person in the province where the person resides and who, in order to evade, delay or prevent arrest or committal, leaves that province before or after a warrant of arrest or committal has been issued in respect of that person in that province, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years less a day.
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