An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of a preborn child while committing an offence) = Loi modifiant le Code criminel (blesser un enfant à naître ou causer sa mort lors de...: XB421-225/1-PDF
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to make it an offence to cause injury or death to a preborn child while committing or attempting to commit an offence against a pregnant woman and to add pregnancy as an aggravating circumstance for the purpose of sentencing.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. |
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| Title | An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of a preborn child while committing an offence) = Loi modifiant le Code criminel (blesser un enfant à naître ou causer sa mort lors de la perpétration d'une infraction). |
| Variant title | Loi modifiant le Code criminel (blesser un enfant à naître ou causer sa mort lors de la perpétration d’une infraction) Short title: Protection of Pregnant Women and Their Preborn Children Act (Cassie and Molly's Law) |
| Series title | Bill C-... ; Bill C-225, 1st session, 42nd Parliament |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | Bilingual-[English | French] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | First reading, February 23, 2016. Text in English and in French. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : House of Commons, 2016. |
| Description | ii, 3 p. |
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| Subject terms | Pregnancy Offences Legislation |
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