Bill C-376

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (orders prohibiting the possession of weapons)

Sponsor

Eric Melillo  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Second reading (House), as of Feb. 13, 2024

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Summary

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This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a court to make an order prohibiting an individual from possessing a weapon for a specified period if the individual is convicted of an indictable offence in the commission of which violence against a person was used, threatened or attempted, regardless of the length of the term of imprisonment to which the individual may be sentenced.

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Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

February 12th, 2024 / 3:50 p.m.
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Conservative

Eric Melillo Conservative Kenora, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-376, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (orders prohibiting the possession of weapons).

Madam Speaker, it is my honour to introduce my private member's bill today, which simply would amend the Criminal Code to institute a mandatory weapons prohibition for all individuals convicted of a violent indictable offence. This is a common-sense approach to target violent offenders, given the alarming increase in violent crime we have seen across the country.

I look forward to debating this in greater detail when the time comes and having the support, hopefully, of colleagues on all sides of the House.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)