An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in contraband tobacco)

Short title: Tackling Contraband Tobacco Act Bill S-16 (41-1) Status: At consideration in committee in the House of Commons Type: Senate Government Bill Sponsor: Marjory LeBreton, Leader of the Government in the Senate Latest stage: Second reading Legislative

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summary is available.<br/><br/>On March 2013, the Leader of the Government in the Senate introduced Bill S-16,

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in contraband tobacco) (Tackling Contraband Tobacco Act) in the Senate and it was given first reading.<br/><br/>Bill S-16 amends the Criminal Code to create a new offence of trafficking in contraband tobacco and to provide for minimum penalties of imprisonment for repeat offenders.<br/><br/>Trafficking would involve any of the following actions:<br/>• sale; <br/>• offer for sale; <br/>• possession for the purpose of sale; <br/>• transportation; <br/>• distribution; or <br/>• delivery. <br/><br/>Under Bill S-16, the maximum penalty for a first offence would be 6 months imprisonment on

summary conviction and 5 years imprisonment if prosecuted on indictment. <br/><br/>It also proposes mandatory minimum penalties of imprisonment for repeat offenders where a high volume of tobacco products is involved.

The threshold to be considered “high volume” would be 10,000 cigarettes or kilograms of other tobacco products.<br/><br/>The mandatory minimum penalties on indictment would be as follows:<br/>• 90 days incarceration on a second conviction; <br/>• 180 days incarceration on third conviction; and <br/>• 2 years less a day on subsequent convictions.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2013-06-05) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2013-06-13) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: No activity Senate — First reading: Completed (2013-03-05) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2013-04-16) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2013-05-09) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2013-06-04) Full bill text is not included in the LEGISinfo JSON export.

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