C-315
Second Session, Fortieth Parliament,
57-58 Elizabeth II, 2009
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-315
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (leaving province to avoid warrant of arrest or committal)
first reading, February 12, 2009
Ms. Black
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to make it an offence for a person to leave the province where he or she resides in order to evade, delay or prevent arrest or committal.
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2nd Session, 40th Parliament,
57-58 Elizabeth II, 2009
house of commons of canada
BILL C-315
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (leaving province to avoid warrant of arrest or committal)
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. The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 139:
Warrant of arrest or committal
139.1 Every person who knows or believes that a warrant of arrest or committal has been issued or will be issued in respect of that person in the province where the person resides and who, in order to evade, delay or prevent arrest or committal, leaves that province before or after a warrant of arrest or committal has been issued in respect of that person in that province, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years less a day.
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