Bill C-311
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II –1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women)
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FIRST READING, January 31, 2023
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Mrs. Wagantall |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to specify that knowingly assaulting a pregnant woman and that causing physical or emotional harm to a pregnant woman are to be considered aggravating circumstances 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, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II –1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-311 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women) |
Preamble
Whereas Parliament wishes to denounce and deter violence against pregnant women by explicitly including pregnancy as an aggravating circumstance for the purpose of sentencing;
Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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1 This Act may be cited as the Violence Against Pregnant Women Act.
R.S., c. C-46
Criminal Code
2 Paragraph 718.2(a) of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (ii.1):
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(ii.2) evidence that the offender, in committing the offence, abused a person whom the offender knew to be pregnant,
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(ii.3) evidence that the offence caused physical or emotional harm to a pregnant victim,
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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