Bill C-230: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearm — definition of variant)

Cover Summary BILL C-230 First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-230 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearm — definition of variant) FIRST READING, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 Mr. Miller (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound) 421173 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide a definition of “variant” in order to limit its application to certain firearms. Available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 1st Session, 42nd Parliament 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-230 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearm — definition of variant) 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 (1) Subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order: variant, in respect of a firearm, means a firearm that has the unmodified frame or receiver of another firearm. (variante) (2) The definition prohibited firearm in subsection 84(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or’’ at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d): (e) any variant of a firearm described in any one of paragraphs (a) to (d). (3) The definition restricted firearm in subsection 84(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or’’ at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d): (e) any variant of a firearm described in any one of paragraphs (a) to (d).‍ Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons