Bill C-361 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (law enforcement animals)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in September 2008.

Sponsor

Dan McTeague  Liberal

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 Oct. 16, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment makes it an offence to wilfully or recklessly poison, injure or kill a law enforcement animal. It also enables the court to make an order of restitution in respect of any such offence.

Similar bills

C-515 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Protection of Law Enforcement Animals Act
C-515 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Protection of Law Enforcement Animals Act
C-361 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (law enforcement animals)

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-361s:

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C-361 (2010) An Act to amend the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act (reduced risk)
C-361 (2009) An Act to amend the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act (reduced risk)

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

October 24th, 2006 / 10:05 a.m.


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Liberal

Dan McTeague Liberal Pickering—Scarborough East, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-361, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (law enforcement animals).

Mr. Speaker, I thank my seconder of my bill for providing me with this occasion to introduce a bill that would make it an offence to wilfully or recklessly poison, injure or kill a law enforcement animal. It also would enable the court to make an order for restitution in respect to any such offence.

I wish to thank the Humane Society and the counsellors, Lindsay Luby as well as Dan Sandor, for their initiative.

It is important that we treat animals that are working within the context of law enforcement in the same way that we would treat those who are protecting our cities and our streets.

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