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Bill C-376

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 13, 2024
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (orders prohibiting the possession of weapons)
  • This is a bill called C-376 that is being introduced in the Canadian Parliament. It proposes to amend the Criminal Code to require a court to make an order prohibiting an individual from possessing a weapon for a certain period of time if they are convicted of a serious crime involving violence against another person. The bill is currently in its first reading stage and can be found on the House of Commons website.
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-376
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (orders prohibiting the possession of weapons)

FIRST READING, February 12, 2024

Mr. Melillo
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a court to make an order prohibiting an individual from possessing a weapon for a specified period if the individual is convicted of an indictable offence in the commission of which violence against a person was used, threatened or attempted, regardless of the length of the term of imprisonment to which the individual may be sentenced.

Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-376

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (orders prohibiting the possession of weapons)

His 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 109(1)‍(a) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

  • (a) an indictable offence in the commission of which violence against a person was used, threatened or attempted,

Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons