Bill C-576 (Historical)

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

This bill is from 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.

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.

Similar bills

C-444 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code (personating peace officer or public officer)
C-444 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (personating peace officer or public officer)

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-576s:

C-576 (2014) An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (retroactive payments)

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