Bill C-247 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (passive detection device)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Gagan Sikand  Liberal

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

Status

Dead, as of April 4, 2017
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to authorize the use by a peace officer of a passive detection device to detect the presence of alcohol in the immediate vicinity of a person whom the officer has reasonable grounds to believe was, within the preceeding three hours, operating a motor vehicle or having the care or control of a motor vehicle. The enactment also provides that if such a device indicates the presence of alcohol, it establishes reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has alcohol in their body.

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-247s:

C-247 (2022) Prohibition of Fur Farming
C-247 (2020) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct)
C-247 (2014) Law Main Point of Contact with the Government of Canada in case of Death Act
C-247 (2011) Service Canada Mandate Expansion Act

Votes

Sept. 28, 2016 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Oct. 18, 2016

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Oct. 20, 2016

  • Daryl Mayers, Chair, Alcohol Test Committee, Canadian Society of Forensic Science

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Feb. 14, 2017