Bill C-517
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C-517
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60-61-62 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012-2013
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-517
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)
first reading, June 3, 2013
Mrs. Block
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to add minimum sentences for offences involving trafficking in persons.
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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60-61-62 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012-2013
house of commons of canada
BILL C-517
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)
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. Paragraphs 279.01(1)(a) and (b) of the Criminal Code are replaced by the following:
(a) to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of five years if they kidnap, commit an aggravated assault or aggravated sexual assault against, or cause death to, the victim during the commission of the offence; or
(b) to imprisonment for a term of not more than fourteen years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years, in any other case.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons