Bill C-328 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (theft over $100,000)

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

Sponsor

Leon Benoit  Canadian Alliance

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 April 4, 2001
(This bill did not become law.)

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-328s:

C-328 (2023) Student Debt Relief Act
C-328 (2016) Protection of the North Coast of British Columbia Act
C-328 (2013) Inco Limited Acquisition Act
C-328 (2011) Inco Limited Acquisition Act
C-328 (2010) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
C-328 (2009) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

April 4th, 2001 / 3:15 p.m.


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Canadian Alliance

Leon Benoit Canadian Alliance Lakeland, AB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-328, an act to amend the Criminal Code (theft over $100,000).

Mr. Speaker, the title of the bill is an act to amend the Criminal Code for theft over $100,000.

The purpose of the bill is to do two things. First, to allow a penalty of up to 14 years imprisonment for theft over $100,000. Second, to allow the same 14 year maximum penalty for people who would bring property obtained through crime into the country.

This is long overdue. This change would encourage police officers to carry through on investigations involving white collar crime, such as embezzlement, when there are large amounts of money involved. In the United States, there is grand theft in place, which is a special charge allowing a higher penalty than other theft charges.

It is long overdue in Canada and I look forward to debating the bill in the House.

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