Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (increasing parole ineligibility)

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of March 16, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that a person convicted of the abduction, sexual assault and murder of the same victim, in respect of the same event or series of events, is to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole until the person has served a sentence of between 25 and 40, years as determined by the presiding judge after considering the recommendation, if any, of the jury.

Similar bills

C-296 (current session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
C-267 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
C-266 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
C-587 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
C-478 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
C-478 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other S-224s:

S-224 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)
S-224 (2016) Canada Prompt Payment Act
S-224 (2014) National Seal Products Day Act
S-224 (2010) National Volunteer Emergency Response Service Act
S-224 (2009) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Parliament of Canada Act (vacancies)
S-224 (2007) An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (vacancies)