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Bill C-311

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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II –1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-311
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women)

FIRST READING, January 31, 2023

Mrs. Wagantall

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to specify that knowingly assaulting a pregnant woman and that causing physical or emotional harm to a pregnant woman are to be considered aggravating circumstances for sentencing purposes.

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1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II –1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-311

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women)

Preamble

Whereas Parliament wishes to denounce and deter violence against pregnant women by explicitly including pregnancy as an aggravating circumstance for the purpose of sentencing;

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

Short Title

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1This Act may be cited as the Violence Against Pregnant Women Act.

R.‍S.‍, c. C-46

Criminal Code

2Paragraph 718.‍2(a) of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (ii.‍1):

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    (ii.‍2)evidence that the offender, in committing the offence, abused a person whom the offender knew to be pregnant,

  • (ii.‍3)evidence that the offence caused physical or emotional harm to a pregnant victim,

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