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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conditional sentence of imprisonment)

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

Sponsor

Vic Toews  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now 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 section 742.1 of the Criminal Code to provide that a person convicted of a serious personal injury offence as defined in section 752 of that Act, a terrorism offence or a criminal organization offence prosecuted by way of indictment for which the maximum term of imprisonment is ten years or more is not eligible for a conditional sentence.

Similar bills

C-70 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conditional sentence of imprisonment)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-9s:

C-9 (2021) Law An Act to amend the Judges Act
C-9 (2020) Law An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy)
C-9 (2020) An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act
C-9 (2016) Law Appropriation Act No. 1, 2016-17

Votes

Nov. 1, 2006 Failed That Bill C-9, in Clause 1, be amended (a) by replacing lines 6 to 13 on page 1 with the following: “742.1 (1) If a person is convicted of an offence and the court imposes a sentence” (b) by adding after line 25 on page 1 the following: “(2) Despite subsection (1), the court shall not order that an offender serve the sentence in the community if the offender is convicted of any of the following offences: ( a) an offence punishable by a minimum term of imprisonment; ( b) an offence prosecuted by way of indictment for which the maximum term of imprisonment is fourteen years or more; and( c) any of the following offences, if prosecuted by way of indictment and punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years:(i) a terrorism offence, (ii) a criminal organization offence, (iii) an offence under any of the following provisions: (A) section 83.231 (hoax — terrorist activity), (B) subsection 88(1) (possession of weapon for dangerous purpose), (C) section 144 (prison breach), (D) section 160 (bestiality, compelling, in presence of or by child), (E) subsection 212(1) (procuring), (F) section 221 (causing bodily harm by criminal negligence), (G) subsection 249(3) (dangerous operation causing bodily harm), (H) subsection 252(1.2) (offence involving bodily harm), (I) subsection 255(2) (impaired driving causing bodily harm), (J) section 264 (criminal harassment), (K) section 267 (assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm), (L) section 271 (sexual assault), (M) section 279 (kidnapping, forcible confinement), (N) section 279.02 (trafficking in persons — material benefit), (O) section 281 (abduction of person under 14), (P) section 282 (abduction in contravention of custody order), (Q) section 283 (abduction), (R) paragraph 334( a) (theft),(S) subsections 342(1) and (3) (theft, forgery of credit card, unauthorized use of credit card data), (T) paragraph 348(1)( e) (breaking and entering with intent, committing offence or breaking out),(U) section 349 (being unlawfully in dwelling-house), (V) section 354 (possession of property obtained by crime), (W) section 382 (fraudulent manipulation of stock exchange transactions), (X) subsection 382.1(1) (prohibited insider trading), (Y) section 396 (offences in relation to mines), (Z) section 400 (false prospectus), (Z.1) section 403 (personation with intent), (Z.2) section 424.1 (threat against United Nations or associated personnel), (Z.3) section 435 (arson for fraudulent purpose), and (Z.4) section 465 (conspiracy), (iv) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as they read immediately before January 4, 1983: (A) section 145 (attempt to commit rape), and (B) section 156 (indecent assault on male), (v) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act:(A) section 5 (trafficking), (B) section 6 (importing and exporting), and (C) section 7 (production), (vi) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, as they read immediately before the coming into force of section 64 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act:(A) section 39 (trafficking in controlled drugs), (B) section 44.2 (possession of property obtained by trafficking in controlled drugs), (C) section 44.3 (laundering proceeds of trafficking in controlled drugs), (D) section 48 (trafficking in restricted drugs), (E) section 50.2 (possession of property obtained by trafficking in restricted drugs), and (F) section 50.3 (laundering proceeds of trafficking in restricted drugs), and (vii) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Narcotic Control Act, as they read immediately before the coming into force of section 64 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act:(A) section 19.1 (possession of property obtained by certain offences), and (B) section 19.2 (laundering proceeds of certain offences).”
June 6, 2006 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Sept. 19, 2006

  • Vic Toews, Minister of Justice
  • Catherine Kane, Senior Counsel, Director, Policy Centre for Victim Issues, Department of Justice

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Sept. 21, 2006

  • Lynn Barr-Telford, Director, Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
  • Craig Grimes, Project Manager, Courts Program, Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
  • Michael Martin, Chief, Correctional Services Program, Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Sept. 26, 2006

  • Tony Cannavino, President, Canadian Police Association
  • Patrick Altimas, Director General, Association des services de réhabilitation sociale du Québec Inc.
  • Richard Elliott, Deputy Director, Policy Unit, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
  • Jean-François Cusson, Crime Analyst, Association des services de réhabilitation sociale du Québec Inc.
  • David Griffin, Executive Officer, Canadian Police Association

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Sept. 28, 2006

  • Graham Stewart, Executive Director, John Howard Society of Canada
  • Pierre-Paul Pichette, Assistant Director, Service Chief, Corporate Operations, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
  • Clayton Pecknold, Deputy Chief, Central Saanich Police Service, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
  • Krista Gray-Donald, Director of Research, Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Oct. 2, 2006

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Oct. 4, 2006

  • Gary Mauser, Simon Fraser University, As an Individual
  • Tamra Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform, Canadian Bar Association
  • Adrian Brooks, Member at large, National Criminal Justice Section, Canadian Bar Association
  • John Muise, Director, Public Safety, Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness
  • Isabel Schurman, Sessional Lecturer, McGill University, As an Individual

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Oct. 16, 2006

  • Donald Larman, President, Probation Officers Association of Ontario
  • Catherine Hutchison, Past President, Probation Officers Association of Ontario
  • Jolene Saulis, Team Lead, Policy and Research, Native Women's Association of Canada
  • Marvin Bloos, Honourary Chair, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers
  • Andy Rady, Executive, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers
  • Julian Roberts, Assistant Director, Reader in Criminal Justice, Centre for Criminology, Oxford University, As an Individual
  • Kim Pate, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
  • Lucie Joncas, Vice-President, Board of Directors, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Oct. 17, 2006

  • Claire Moffet, Lawyer, Research and Legislation Service, Barreau du Québec
  • Giuseppe Battista, Member of the Committee on Criminal Law, Barreau du Québec
  • Marisha Roman, Vice-President, Board of Directors, Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto
  • Jonathan Rudin, Program Director, Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto
  • Bob Watts, Chief of Staff, Office of the National Chief, Assembly of First Nations
  • Richard Jock, Chief Executive Officer, Assembly of First Nations

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Oct. 23, 2006