First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct)
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FIRST READING, May 18, 2023
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Ms. Collins |
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create an offence of engaging in controlling or coercive conduct that has a significant impact on the person towards whom the conduct is directed, including a fear of violence, a decline in their physical or mental health or a substantial adverse effect on their day-to-day activities.
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
BILL C-332 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct) |
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
(a) it causes the person to fear, on reasonable grounds, on more than one occasion, that violence will be used against them;
(b) it causes the person’s physical or mental health to decline; or
(c) it causes the person alarm or distress that has a substantial adverse effect on their day-to-day activities, including
(i) limits on their ability to safeguard their well-being or that of their children,
(ii) changes in or restrictions on their social activities or their communication with others,
(iii) absences from work or from education or training programs or changes in their routines or status in relation to their employment or education, and
(iv) changes of address.
End of inserted block(a) they are current spouses, common-law partners or dating partners;
(b) they are members of the same household, and
(i) are former spouses, common-law partners or dating partners,
(ii) are relatives, or
(iii) carry out, or have carried out, parental responsibilities in respect of the same child, that child being under the age of 18 years; or
(c) a period of less than two years has passed since they ceased to be connected within the meaning of paragraph (a) or (b).
End of inserted block(a) the accused was acting in the best interests of the person towards whom the conduct was directed; and
(b) the conduct was reasonable in all the circumstances.
End of inserted block(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or
(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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