An Act to amend the Criminal Code (murder of an intimate partner, one's own child or an intimate partner's child)

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of June 13, 2023

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Summary

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The enactment amends the Criminal Code to classify the murder of an intimate partner, one's own child or an intimate partner's child as first degree murder.

Elsewhere

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