Bill C-458
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First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65-66-67-68 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018-2019 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing principles — remote emergency medical or police services)
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FIRST READING, June 14, 2019
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Mr. Calkins |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to add evidence that an offence was directed at a property or person that was vulnerable because of their remoteness from emergency services as an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64-65-66-67-68 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018-2019 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-458 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing principles — remote emergency medical or police services) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. C-46
Criminal Code
1 Paragraph 718.2(a) of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (i):
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(i.1) evidence that the offence was directed at a person or property that was vulnerable because of their remoteness from emergency medical or police services,
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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