Bill C-409: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (threat to publish intimate images)

Bill C-409 If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at [email protected]. LEGISinfo First Reading Bilingual view XML PDF Skip to Document Navigation Skip to Document Content Criminal Code First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-409 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (threat to publish intimate images) FIRST READING, June 18, 2018 Mr. Tilson 421461 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create the offence of threatening to publish intimate images. Available on the House of Commons website at the following address: www.ourcommons.ca 1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-409 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (threat to publish intimate images) Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: R.‍S.‍, c. C-46 Criminal Code 1 Section 162.‍1 of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subsection (1): Threats (1.‍1) Everyone who threatens to commit an offence under subsection (1) is guilty (a) of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years; or (b) of an offence punishable on summary conviction. 2 Subsection 162.‍2(1) of the Act is replaced by the following: Prohibition order 162.‍2 (1) When an offender is convicted, or is discharged on the conditions prescribed in a probation order under section 730, of an offence referred to in subsection 162.‍1(1) or (1.‍1), the court that sentences or discharges the offender, in addition to any other punishment that may be imposed for that offence or any other condition prescribed in the order of discharge, may make, subject to the conditions or exemptions that the court directs, an order prohibiting the offender from using the Internet or other digital network, unless the offender does so in accordance with conditions set by the court. Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons Publication Explorer Publication Explorer ParlVU