Bill C-257 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (attempting to disarm a peace officer)

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2002.

Sponsor

Peter MacKay  Progressive Conservative

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

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Feb. 9, 2001
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-342 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal code (interference with a peace officer's protective equipment)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-257s:

C-257 (2022) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting against discrimination based on political belief)
C-257 (2020) An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture)
C-257 (2016) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (sugar content labelling)
C-257 (2013) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (mandatory labelling for genetically modified foods)
C-257 (2011) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (mandatory labelling for genetically modified foods)
C-257 (2010) Labour Market Training, Apprenticeship and Certification Act

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

February 9th, 2001 / 12:15 p.m.


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Progressive Conservative

Peter MacKay Progressive Conservative Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, NS

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-257, an act to amend the Criminal Code (attempting to disarm a peace officer).

Mr. Speaker, this a criminal code amendment that would create a specific criminal offence for disarming a police officer. This is an issue that is certainly being closely watched and monitored by police and peace officers across the country. It would create a specific offence, with sanctions attached, for any attempts made by any individual to take away a weapon or an instrument that the police officers use for the protection of society.

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