Bill C-332
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- SUMMARY SUMMARY
- Criminal Code Criminal Code
- Consequential Amendments Consequential Amendments
- Excise Tax Act Excise Tax Act
- National Defence Act National Defence Act
- Income Tax Act Income Tax Act
- Firearms Act Firearms Act
- Excise Act, 2001 Excise Act, 2001
- Coordinating Amendment Coordinating Amendment
- Coming into Force Coming into Force
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercive control of intimate partner)
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Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on March 22, 2024
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Ms. Collins |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create an offence of exercising coercive control of an intimate partner by engaging in a pattern of conduct that consists of any combination, or any repeated instances, of any of the following acts: using, attempting to use or threatening to use violence against certain persons, coercing or attempting to coerce the intimate partner to engage in sexual activity or engaging in other conduct that could reasonably be expected to cause the intimate partner to believe that their safety, or the safety of a person known to them, is threatened.
It also makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-332 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercive Insertion start control of intimate partner Insertion end ) |
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. 46
Criminal Code
Start of inserted block0.1 Paragraph 109(1)(b) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:
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(b) an offence under subsection 85(1) (using firearm in commission of offence), 85(2) (using imitation firearm in commission of offence), 95(1) (possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition), 99(1) (weapons trafficking), 100(1) (possession for purpose of weapons trafficking), 102(1) (making automatic firearm), 102.1(1) (possession of computer data), 102.1(2) (distribution of computer data), 103(1) (importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized) or 104.1(1) (altering cartridge magazine) or section 264 (criminal harassment) or 264.01 (coercive control of intimate partner),
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1 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 264:
Offence
264.01 (1) Everyone commits an offence who engages in a Insertion start pattern of conduct referred to in subsection (2) Insertion end
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(a) with intent to cause their intimate partner to believe that the intimate partner’s safety is threatened; or
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(b) being reckless as to whether that pattern could cause their intimate partner to believe that the intimate partner’s safety is threatened.
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Pattern of conduct
Start of inserted block(2) A pattern of conduct consists of any combination, or any repeated instances, of any of the following acts:
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(a) using, attempting to use or threatening to use violence against
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(i) the intimate partner,
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(ii) any person under the age of 18 who is the intimate partner’s child or who is in the intimate partner’s lawful care or charge,
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(iii) any other person known to the intimate partner, or
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(iv) any animal that is in the care or is the property of the intimate partner;
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(b) coercing or attempting to coerce the intimate partner to engage in sexual activity;
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(c) engaging in any other conduct — including conduct listed in any of the following subparagraphs — if, in all the circumstances, the conduct could reasonably be expected to cause the intimate partner to believe that the intimate partner’s safety, or the safety of a person known to them, is threatened:
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(i) controlling, attempting to control or monitoring the intimate partner’s actions, movements or social interactions, including by a means of telecommunication,
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(ii) controlling or attempting to control the manner in which the intimate partner cares for any person under the age of 18 referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii) or any animal referred to in subparagraph (a)(iv),
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(iii) controlling or attempting to control any matter related to the intimate partner’s employment or education,
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(iv) controlling or attempting to control the intimate partner’s finances or other property or monitoring their finances,
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(v) controlling or attempting to control the intimate partner’s expression of gender, physical appearance, manner of dress, diet, taking of medication or access to health services or to medication,
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(vi) controlling or attempting to control the intimate partner’s expression of their thoughts, their opinions, their religious, spiritual or other beliefs, or their culture, including the intimate partner’s use of their language or their access to their linguistic, religious, spiritual or cultural community,
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(vii) threatening to die by suicide or to self-harm.
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Circumstances
Start of inserted block(3) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (2)(c) include the nature of the relationship between the accused and the intimate partner, in particular whether the intimate partner is in a position of vulnerability in relation to the accused.
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Start of inserted block(4) Everyone who commits an offence under this section is
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(a) guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years; or
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(b) guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
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For greater certainty
Start of inserted block(5) For the purposes of this section, and for greater certainty, a person’s safety includes their psychological safety.
2 Subsection 486.3(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
End of inserted blockAccused not to cross-examine complainant — certain offences
Start of inserted block(2) In any proceedings against an accused in respect of an offence under any of sections 264, 264.01, 271, 272 and 273, the judge or justice shall, on application of the prosecutor in respect of a witness who is a victim, or on application of such a witness, order that the accused not personally cross-examine the witness, unless the judge or justice is of the opinion that the proper administration of justice requires the accused to personally conduct the cross-examination. If such an order is made, the judge or justice shall appoint counsel to conduct the cross-examination.
3 Paragraph (c) of the definition secondary designated offence in section 487.04 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (v):
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(v.1) section 264.01 (coercive control of intimate partner),
4 Paragraph (a) of the definition secondary offence in subsection 490.011(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (ix):
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(ix.1) section 264.01 (coercive control of intimate partner),
5 (1) Subsection 515(4.1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (b):
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(b.01) an offence under section 264.01 (coercive control of intimate partner),
(2) Paragraph 515(4.3)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
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(b) an offence described in section 264, 264.01 or 423.1 or subsection 423.2(1);
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Consequential Amendments
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Start of inserted blockExcise Tax Act
6 Clause 295(5.04)(a)(i)(D) of the Excise Tax Act is replaced by the following:
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(D) sections 144, 264, 264.01, 271, 279, 279.02, 281 and 333.1, paragraphs 334(a) and 348(1)(e) and sections 349, 435 and 462.31 of the Criminal Code,
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7 Subsection 183.3(2) of the National Defence Act is replaced by the following:
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Start of inserted block(2) In proceedings against an accused person in respect of an offence punishable under section 130 that is an offence under section 264, 264.01, 271, 272 or 273 of the Criminal Code, a military judge shall, on application of the prosecutor in respect of a witness who is a victim, or on application of such a witness, order that the accused person not personally cross-examine the witness, unless the military judge is of the opinion that the proper administration of military justice requires the accused person to personally conduct the cross-examination. If such an order is made, the military judge shall direct the Director of Defence Counsel Services to provide counsel to conduct the cross-examination.
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Start of inserted blockIncome Tax Act
8 Clause 241(9.5)(a)(i)(D) of the Income Tax Act is replaced by the following:
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(D) sections 144, 264, 264.01, 271, 279, 279.02, 281 and 333.1, paragraphs 334(a) and 348(1)(e) and sections 349, 435 and 462.31 of the Criminal Code,
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1995, c. 39
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9 Subparagraph 5(2)(a)(iii) of the Firearms Act is replaced by the following:
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(iii) an offence under section 264 (criminal harassment) or 264.01 (coercive control of intimate partner) of the Criminal Code,
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2002, c. 22
Start of inserted blockExcise Act, 2001
10 Clause 211(6.4)(a)(i)(D) of the Excise Act, 2001 is replaced by the following:
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(D) sections 144, 264, 264.01, 271, 279, 279.02, 281 and 333.1, paragraphs 334(a) and 348(1)(e) and sections 349, 435 and 462.31 of the Criminal Code,
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Coordinating Amendment
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Start of inserted block11 On the first day on which both subsection 13.3(1) of An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), chapter 32 of the Statutes of Canada, 2023, and subsection 5(1) of this Act are in force, subsection 515(4.1) of the French version of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:
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Start of inserted block(4.1) Lorsqu’il rend une ordonnance en vertu du paragraphe (2) dans le cas d’une infraction perpétrée avec usage, tentative ou menace de violence contre autrui, d’une infraction de terrorisme, de l’infraction visée aux articles 264 (harcèlement criminel), 264.01 (contrôle coercitif d’un partenaire intime) ou 423.1 (intimidation d’une personne associée au système judiciaire) ou au paragraphe 423.2(1) (intimidation — services de santé), d’une infraction à l’un des articles 9 à 14 de la Loi sur le cannabis, d’une infraction à l’un des articles 5 à 7 de la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances, d’une infraction relative à une arme à feu, une arbalète, une arme prohibée, une arme à autorisation restreinte, un dispositif prohibé, une pièce d’arme à feu, des munitions, des munitions prohibées ou des substances explosives, d’une infraction visée au paragraphe 20(1) de la Loi sur la protection de l’information, ou d’une infraction visée aux paragraphes 21(1) ou 22(1) ou à l’article 23 de cette loi commise à l’égard d’une infraction visée au paragraphe 20(1) de cette loi, le juge de paix doit, s’il en arrive à la conclusion qu’il est souhaitable de le faire pour la sécurité du prévenu, de la victime ou de toute autre personne, assortir l’ordonnance d’une condition lui interdisant, jusqu’à ce qu’il soit jugé conformément à la loi, d’avoir en sa possession de tels objets ou l’un ou plusieurs de ceux-ci.
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Start of inserted block12 Sections 0.1 to 10 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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