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Monday, October 15, 2012 (No. 161)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-299

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (kidnapping of young person)

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 and 2.

Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of September 24, 2012.

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 2 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Deferred Recorded Division

Motion No. 1 — October 5, 2012 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-299, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 11 to 15 on page 1 with the following:

“who commits the offence is

(i) a parent, guardian or person having the lawful care or charge of the person referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c), or

(ii) a person who, in the opinion of the court, occupies a position in relation to the person referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) that is substantially similar to the position occupied by a person referred to in subparagraph (i),

to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of five years; and”

Motion No. 2 — October 5, 2012 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-299, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing line 14 on page 1 with the following:

“paragraph, other than a parent who has been deprived of all parental rights in respect of the person referred to in that paragraph pursuant to a court order, to a minimum punishment of”