4117221st Session, 41st Parliament,60-61-62 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012-2013house of commons of canadaBILL C-531An Act to amend the Criminal Code (public transit operators)Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:SHORT TITLEShort title
1. This Act may be cited as the Public Transit Operators Protection Act.R.S., c. C-46
CRIMINAL CODE2. The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 265:Definition of “public transit operator”
265.1 For the purposes of sections 266 to 269, “public transit operator” means an individ-ual who operates a vehicle designed for use in the provision of transit services to the public, including a bus, paratransit vehicle, light rail vehicle, subway train or ferry.3. Section 266 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 266(1) and is amended by adding the following:Aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes
(2) The court shall, when determining the sentence to be imposed on the person convicted of an offence under this section, consider as an aggravating circumstance the fact that the victim of the offence was, at the time of the commission of the offence, a public transit operator engaged in the performance of his or her duty. 4. Section 267 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 267(1) and is amended by adding the following:Aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes
(2) The court shall, when determining the sentence to be imposed on the person convicted of an offence under this section, consider as an aggravating circumstance the fact that the victim of the offence was, at the time of the commission of the offence, a public transit operator engaged in the performance of his or her duty. 5. Section 268 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):Aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes
(5) The court shall, when determining the sentence to be imposed on the person convicted of an offence under this section, consider as an aggravating circumstance the fact that the victim of the offence was, at the time of the commission of the offence, a public transit operator engaged in the performance of his or her duty. 6. Section 269 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 269(1) and is amended by adding the following:Aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes
(2) The court shall, when determining the sentence to be imposed on the person convicted of an offence under this section, consider as an aggravating circumstance the fact that the victim of the offence was, at the time of the commission of the offence, a public transit operator engaged in the performance of his or her duty.

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