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Bill C-290

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1st Session, 37th Parliament,
49-50 Elizabeth II, 2001

House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-290

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (breaking and entering)

R.S., c. C-46

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

R.S., c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 47; 1997, c. 18, s. 20

1. Paragraph 348(1)(d) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

    (d) if the offence is committed in relation to a dwelling-house, of an indictable offence and liable

      (i) in the case of a first offence, to imprisonment for life, or

      (ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of two years , and