Mr. Moore, seconded by Mr. Comartin, moved:
That the motion proposing to restore clause 18 of Bill C-20 be amended:
(a) by substituting the following for subparagraphs 244(2)(a) (ii) and (iii) contained in that motion:
(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, seven years; and
(b) by substituting, in the English version, the following for the portion of subsection 244(3) before paragraph (a) contained in that motion:
(3) In determining, for the purpose of paragraph 2(a), whether a convicted person has committed a second or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence;