Bill C-576 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (personating peace officer)

This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Earl Dreeshen Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Report stage (House), as of March 3, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to establish that personating a police officer for the purpose of committing another offence shall be considered by a court to be an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes.

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.

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on March 2, 2011

Juliette Nicolet, Policy Director, Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
Anthony Doob, Professor, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, As an Individual
Jacques Dionne, Professor, Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, As an Individual