Alternate Title
Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Organized Crime and Protection of Justice System Participants)
Projet de loi C-14, Loi modifiant le Code criminel (crime organisé et protection des personnes associées au système judiciaire).
Note
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"16 March 2009".
Issued also in French under title: Projet de loi C-14, Loi modifiant le Code criminel (crime organisé et protection des personnes associées au système judiciaire).
Summary
One of the main purposes of the bill is to facilitate the battle against organized crime, and to that end, it amends the Criminal Code in essentially three ways: 1. It makes murders connected with organized crime activity automatically first-degree murders, irrespective of whether they are planned and deliberate ; 2. It creates three new offences: - intentionally discharging a firearm while being reckless about endangering the life or safety of another person ; - assaulting with a weapon or causing bodily harm to a peace officer ; - aggravated assault of a peace officer ; 3. It extends the maximum duration of a recognizance to two years for a person who has been previously convicted of a criminal organization offence, a terrorism offence or an offence of intimidating a justice system participant.