Standing up for Victims of White Collar Crime Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing for fraud)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson  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 the Criminal Code to
(a) provide a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for a term of two years for fraud with a value that exceeds one million dollars;
(b) provide additional aggravating factors for sentencing;
(c) create a discretionary prohibition order for offenders convicted of fraud to prevent them from having authority over the money or real property of others;
(d) require consideration of restitution for victims of fraud; and
(e) clarify that the sentencing court may consider community impact statements from a community that has been harmed by the fraud.

Similar bills

C-52 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) Retribution on Behalf of Victims of White Collar Crime Act

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-21s:

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Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 25, 2010

  • Lincoln Caylor, Lawyer, Bennett Jones, As an Individual
  • Joseph Groia, Lawyer, Groia & Company, As an Individual
  • Catherine Kane, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice