R.S., c. C-46 Criminal Code 1 Section 231 of the  Criminal Code  is amended by adding the following after subsection (4): Murder — intimate partner or child (4.1) Irrespective of whether a murder is planned and deliberate on the part of a person, murder is first degree murder when the victim is the person’s intimate partner, the person’s own child or the child of the person’s intimate partner. Criminal Code Clause 1 : New.