S-221
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60-61-62 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012-2013
SENATE OF CANADA
BILL S-221
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exception to mandatory minimum sentences for manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death)
first reading, June 13, 2013
THE HONOURABLE SENATOR JAFFER
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide for an exception to the mandatory minimum sentences for manslaughter using a firearm and criminal negligence causing death with a firearm if the sentencing court is satisfied that the victim engaged in a pattern of conduct that constituted physical, sexual or psychological abuse of the offender.
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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60-61-62 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012-2013
senate of canada
BILL S-221
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exception to mandatory minimum sentences for manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death)
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. Paragraph 220(a) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:
(a) subject to paragraph (a.1), where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years;
(a.1) where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence and the court imposing sentence on the offender is satisfied that the victim engaged in a pattern of conduct constituting physical, sexual or psychological abuse of the offender, to imprisonment for life; and
2. Paragraph 236(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) subject to paragraph (a.1), where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years;
(a.1) where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence and the court imposing sentence on the offender is satisfied that the victim engaged in a pattern of conduct constituting physical, sexual or psychological abuse of the offender, to imprisonment for life; and
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Explanatory Notes
Criminal Code
Clause 1: Relevant portion of section 220:
220. Every person who by criminal negligence causes death to another person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable
(a) where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years; and
Clause 2: Relevant portion of section 236:
236. Every person who commits manslaughter is guilty of an indictable offence and liable
(a) where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years; and