Bill C-526

2nd Session, 39th Parliament,

56-57 Elizabeth II, 2007-2008

house of commons of canada

BILL C-526

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (motor vehicle theft)

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 334:

2. (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply if Bill C-343, introduced in the 2nd session of the 39th Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Criminal Code (motor vehicle theft) (the “other Act”), receives royal assent.

(2) If section 1 of this Act comes into force after section 1 of the other Act, section 1 of this Act is replaced by the following:

1. Section 334.1 of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following :

334.1 Every one who commits theft of a motor vehicle is

(a) in the case of a first offence,

(i) guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction, or

(ii) guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; and

(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.

(3) If section 1 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 1 of this Act, then, section 1 of the other Act is deemed to have come into force before section 1 of this Act and subsection (2) applies as a consequence.

(4) If section 1 of this Act comes into force before section 1 of the other Act, then section 1 of the other Act is repealed.