Bill C-42 (Historical)

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson  Conservative

Status

In committee (House), as of Oct. 26, 2009
(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 eliminate the reference, in section 742.1, to serious personal injury offences and to restrict the availability of conditional sentences for all offences for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 14 years or life and for specified offences, prosecuted by way of indictment, for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 10 years.

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-42s:

C-42 (2023) Law An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
C-42 (2017) Veterans Well-being Act
C-42 (2014) Law Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act
C-42 (2012) Law Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act

Votes

Oct. 26, 2009 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes ActGovernment Orders

October 26th, 2009 / 4 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes ActGovernment Orders

October 26th, 2009 / 4 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes ActGovernment Orders

October 26th, 2009 / 4 p.m.

Some hon. members

Yea.

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes ActGovernment Orders

October 26th, 2009 / 4 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

All those opposed will please say nay.

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes ActGovernment Orders

October 26th, 2009 / 4 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes ActGovernment Orders

October 26th, 2009 / 4 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Call in the members.

And the bells having rung:

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes ActGovernment Orders

October 26th, 2009 / 4 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

The recorded division on the motion stands deferred.

The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes ActGovernment Orders

October 26th, 2009 / 6:55 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at the second reading stage of Bill C-42.

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

Vote #118

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes ActGovernment Orders

October 26th, 2009 / 7 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

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