An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against public transit operators) (S.C. 2015, c. 1)

• Published date: 07 May 2015
• Section: Part III - Acts of Parliament
• Gazette Issue: 1 - [object Object]

S.C. 2015, c. 1

Assented to 2015-02-25

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against public transit operators)

SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a court to consider the fact that the victim of an assault is a public transit operator to be an aggravating circumstance for the purposes of sentencing.

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. The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 269:

Marginal note:Aggravating circumstance — assault against a public transit operator

• 269.01 (1) When a court imposes a sentence for an offence referred to in paragraph 264.1(1)(a) or any of sections 266 to 269, it shall consider as an aggravating circumstance the fact that the victim of the offence was, at the time of the commission of the offence, a public transit operator engaged in the performance of his or her duty.

• Marginal note:Definitions

  (2) The following definitions apply in this section.

  “public transit operator”

  « conducteur de véhicule de transport en commun »

  “public transit operator” means an individual who operates a vehicle used in the provision of passenger transportation services to the public, and includes an individual who operates a school bus.

  “vehicle”

  « véhicule »

  “vehicle” includes a bus, paratransit vehicle, licensed taxi cab, train, subway, tram and ferry.