Bill C-35 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (reverse onus in bail hearings for firearm-related offences)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson  Conservative

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of June 5, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that the accused will be required to demonstrate, when charged with certain serious offences involving firearms or other regulated weapons, that pre-trial detention is not justified in their case and to introduce additional factors relating to firearm offences that the courts must take into account in deciding whether an accused should be released or detained pending trial.

Similar bills

C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) Law Tackling Violent Crime 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-35s:

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C-35 (2016) Law Appropriation Act No. 4, 2016-17
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C-35 (2012) Law Appropriation Act No. 1, 2012-13
C-35 (2010) Law An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Votes

March 27, 2007 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a legislative committee.

Criminal CodeGovernment Orders

March 27th, 2007 / 5:45 p.m.

NDP

Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

Mr. Speaker, members of the NDP will vote in favour of this motion.

Criminal CodeGovernment Orders

March 27th, 2007 / 5:45 p.m.

Liberal

Joe Comuzzi Liberal Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON

Mr. Speaker, I vote yes on the motion.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #140

Criminal CodeGovernment Orders

March 27th, 2007 / 5:50 p.m.

The Speaker Peter Milliken

I declare the motion carried. Consequently, this bill is referred to a legislative committee.

(Bill read the second time and referred to a legislative committee)

Criminal CodeGovernment Orders

March 27th, 2007 / 5:50 p.m.

The Speaker Peter Milliken

It being 5:50 p.m., the House will now proceed to the consideration of private members' business as listed on today's order paper.