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First Session, Forty-second Parliament,

64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-359
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearms)

FIRST READING, June 12, 2017

Mr. Chan

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to establish an offence for the use, carrying or possession of a firearm that has previously been used in the commission of an offence.

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1st Session, 42nd Parliament,

64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-359

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearms)

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:

1The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 98.‍1:

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Firearm Used in the Commission of an Offence

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Use, carrying or possession
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98.‍2(1)Every person who uses, carries or possesses a firearm that he or she knows or ought to know was used in the commission of an offence under this Part is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.

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Sentences to be served consecutively
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(2)A sentence imposed on a person for an offence under subsection (1) shall be served consecutively to any other punishment imposed on the person for an offence arising out of the same event or series of events and to any other sentence to which the person is subject at the time the sentence is imposed on the person for an offence under that subsection.

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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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