C-347
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-347
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (keeping child pornography in a manner that is not reasonably secure from access by others)
first reading, June 22, 2006
Mrs. Grewal
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to make it an offence for a person who possesses child pornography, whether created by the person or obtained from another source, to allow access to it by any other person or to fail to take reasonable steps to prevent access to it by any other person.
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1st Session, 39th Parliament,
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
house of commons of canada
BILL C-347
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (keeping child pornography in a manner that is not reasonably secure from access by others)
R.S., c. C-46
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Section 163.1 of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):
Child pornography created by accused
(4.01) Every person who possesses any child pornography that was created by the person or obtained from another source and who permits any other person to have access to it by any means or fails to take reasonable steps to ensure that it is at all times kept in such a way as to prevent any other person from obtaining access to it, in whole or in part, is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Reasonable steps
(4.02) For the purposes of subsection (4.01), the reasonable steps are those that would be normal for a prudent person to take to prevent any other person from obtaining access to the child pornography by accident or by any means that constitutes an offence under this Act.
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