Bill C-354 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (taking samples of bodily substances)

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

Sponsor

Myron Thompson  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 May 29, 2001
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-277 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (taking samples of bodily substances)
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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-354s:

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C-354 (2010) An Act to amend the Federal Courts Act (international promotion and protection of human rights)
C-354 (2009) An Act to amend the Federal Courts Act (international promotion and protection of human rights)

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

May 29th, 2001 / 10:15 a.m.


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Canadian Alliance

Myron Thompson Canadian Alliance Wild Rose, AB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-354, an act to amend the Criminal Code (taking samples of bodily substances).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce Bill C-354, an act to amend the criminal code by taking samples of bodily substances. The idea for the bill came from Bev and Lloyd Bergeson of Cremona, Alberta, who lost their daughter Janiece to a dangerous driver.

The bill would allow a peace officer, who has reasonable or probable grounds to believe that a person is operating a motor vehicle in a dangerous manner and has caused the death of another person, to demand that the person provide a urine, breath or blood sample to determine the concentration of any alcohol in the person's blood.

The bill would ensure that those who are suspected of driving drunk would be tested immediately by a police officer. There would no longer be any reason to delay the testing of a person as a result of the bill.

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