Bill C-376 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (orders prohibiting the possession of weapons)

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Sponsor

Eric Melillo Conservative

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

Status

Second reading (House), as of Feb. 13, 2024
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a court to make an order prohibiting an individual from possessing a weapon for a specified period if the individual is convicted of an indictable offence in the commission of which violence against a person was used, threatened or attempted, regardless of the length of the term of imprisonment to which the individual may be sentenced.

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-376s:

C-376 (2017) Law Sikh Heritage Month Act

C-376 (2013) An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Employment Insurance Act (family leave)

C-376 (2011) An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Employment Insurance Act (family leave)

C-376 (2010) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (addition to order of prohibition)