Bill C-669
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to allow a court the discretion to vary a punishment to be imposed in respect of an offence for which the punishment or different degrees or kinds of punishment are prescribed. It further allows a court to vary any minimum punishment sentence that it is required to impose under that Act, the court having to provide written reasons for the varied sentence.
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