C-484
Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,
56 Elizabeth II, 2007
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-484
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the
death of an unborn child while committing an offence)
FIRST READING, NOVEMBER 21, 2007
MR. EPP
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C-484
Deuxième session, trente-neuvième législature,
56 Elizabeth II, 2007
CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES DU CANADA
PROJET DE LOI C-484
Loi modifiant le Code criminel (blesser ou causer la mort d’un
enfant non encore né au cours de la perpétration d’une
infraction)
PREMIÈRE LECTURE LE 21 NOVEMBRE 2007
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code by making it an offence to injure,
cause the death of or attempt to cause the death of a child before or during its
birth while committing or attempting to commit an offence against the mother.
SOMMAIRE
Le texte modifie le Code criminel en érigeant en infraction le fait de blesser
un enfant ou de causer— ou tenter de causer— sa mort avant ou pendant sa
naissance en perpétrant ou en tentant de perpétrer une infraction à l’égard de sa
mère.
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Short title
R.S., c. C-46
Saving
Causing the
death of an
unborn child
while
committing an
offence
2nd Session, 39th Parliament,
56 Elizabeth II, 2007
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-484
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or
causing the death of an unborn child while
committing an offence)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate and House of Commons
of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
1. This Act may be cited as the Unborn
Victims of Crime Act.
CRIMINAL CODE
2. Section 238 of the Criminal Code
is
amended by adding the following after
subsection (2):
(3) This section does not apply to a person to
whom section 238.1 applies.
3. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 238:
238.1 (1) Every person who, directly or
indirectl