Bill C-273: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying)

C-273 First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 60 Elizabeth II, 2011 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-273 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying) first reading, September 19, 2011 Ms. Fry 411307 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Criminal Code in order to clarify that cyberbullying is an offence. Also available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address:http://www.parl.gc.ca 1st Session, 41st Parliament, 60 Elizabeth II, 2011 house of commons of canada BILL C-273 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying) 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: 1. Section 264 of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subsection (2): Communication by means of computer (2.1) For greater certainty, paragraphs (2)(b) and (d) apply in respect of conduct that is communicated by means of a computer or a group of interconnected or related computers, including the Internet, or any similar means of communication. 2. Section 298 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2): Publication by means of computer (3) For greater certainty, this section applies in respect of a matter that is published by means of a computer or a group of interconnected or related computers, including the Internet, or any similar means of communication. 3. Section 372 of the Act is replaced by the following: False messages 372. (1) Every one who, with intent to injure or alarm any person, conveys or causes or procures to be conveyed by letter, telegram, telephone, cable, radio, computer or a group of interconnected or related computers, including the Internet, or otherwise, information that he knows is false is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. Indecent telephone calls or messages (2) Every one who, with intent to alarm or annoy any person, makes any indecent telephone call or sends any indecent electronic message to that person is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. Harassing telephone calls or messages (3) Every one who, without lawful excuse and with intent to harass any person, makes or causes to be made repeated telephone calls or sends repeated electronic messages to that person is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of CommonsAvailable from:Publishing and Depository ServicesPublic Works and Government Services Canada