Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Bill C-14 [electronic resource] : an Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Organized Crime and Protection of Justice System Participants) / Dominique Valiquet.

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Canadian Policing Research

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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).

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1 online resource (10 p.)

Note

Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.
"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.

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Online Access

Series

Legislative summary (Canada. Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-633E.

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