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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 93
Thursday, February 1, 2024, 3:33 p.m. to 3:57 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Sonia Sidhu, Vice-Chair (Liberal)

House of Commons
• Dancella Boyi, Legislative Clerk
• Émilie Thivierge, Legislative Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• Clare Annett, Analyst
• Alexia Lagacé-Roy, Analyst
Department of Justice
• Chelsea Moore, Acting Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section
• Julia Nicol, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section
Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, November 1, 2023, the committee resumed consideration of Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders).

Chelsea Moore and Julia Nicol answered questions.

The committee resumed its clause-by-clause study of the Bill.

The committee resumed consideration of the amendment of Lisa Hepfner, — That Bill S-205, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing lines 18 to 21 on page 8 with the following:

“fears on reasonable grounds that another person will commit an offence that will cause personal injury to the intimate partner or a child of the other person, or to a child of the other person’s intimate partner, and a provincial”

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Lisa Hepfner and it was agreed to.

Clause 8, as amended, carried.

The committee resumed consideration of the amendment of Sonia Sidhu, — That Bill S-205 be amended by adding before line 23 on page 9 the following:

“10.1 (1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if Bill C-21, introduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament and entitled An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms) (in this section referred to as the “other Act”), receives royal assent.

(2) On the first day on which both subsection 1(5) of the other Act and section 2 of this Act are in force, subsection 810.03(7) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

(7)  The provincial court judge shall consider whether it is desirable, in the interests of the intimate partner’s safety or that of any other person, to prohibit the defendant from possessing any firearm, crossbow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or explosive substance, or all of those things. If the judge decides that it is desirable to do so, the judge shall add that condition to the recognizance and specify the period during which the condition applies.

(3) On the first day on which both subsection 13.12(1) of the other Act and subsection 6(2) of this Act are in force, paragraph (c) of Form 32 of Part XXVIII of the Criminal Code after the heading “List of Conditions” is replaced by the following:

(c) abstains from possessing a firearm, crossbow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearm part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or explosive substance and surrenders those in their possession and surrenders any authorization, licence or registration certificate or other document enabling the acquisition or possession of a firearm (sections 83.3, 810, 810.01, 810.03, 810.1 and 810.2 of the Criminal Code);”

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Sonia Sidhu and it was agreed to.

After debate, Clause 11 was negatived.

Clause 12 carried.

The Title carried.

The Bill, as amended, was adopted.

ORDERED, — That the Chair report the Bill, as amended, to the House.

At 3:57 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Stephanie Bond
Clerk of the committee