Bill C-492 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act (home invasion offence)

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in May 2004.

Sponsor

Gary Lunn 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 March 9, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-444 (37th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act

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-492s:

C-492 (2013) An Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Shelburne River and other rivers)

C-492 (2010) Temporary Resident Visa Processing Requirements Act

C-492 (2009) Temporary Resident Visa Processing Requirements Act

C-492 (2007) An Act to amend the Federal Courts Act (international promotion and protection of human rights)

Other House mentions

Youth Criminal Justice ActRoutine Proceedings

March 9th, 2004 / 3:20 p.m.

See context

Canadian Alliance

Gary Lunn Canadian Alliance Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-492, an act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act (home invasion offence).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce my private member's bill to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act. This bill would do a few things.

First, on the first offence of a home invasion for young offenders, subject to all the penalties, they would have to serve mandatory probation for a minimum of one year, until they are 18, and there would also be a mandatory curfew for that time. On a second offence, they would have a minimum sentence in a youth detention centre of 30 days in addition to any other punishment.

The second part of the bill deals with the custodial parents. When they sign an undertaking to supervise those probation terms and if they are aware of a breach, they must report that breach to the authorities. Failure to report that breach would result in a summary offence punishable by $2,000 or six months in jail.

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