Intimidation of Parliament is a criminal law in
Canada that makes it a crime to violently
intimidate the
Parliament of Canada
The Parliament of Canada (french: Parlement du Canada) is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the King, the Senate, and the House of Commons. By constitutional convention, the ...
and the provincial legislatures. The maximum sentence is fourteen years. It reads:
The law is one of only a handful of criminal offences, including
treason and
piracy, that are automatically heard by the relevant provincial superior court—composed of federally appointed, salaried, and disciplined judges—rather than the inferior
Provincial courts, which are composed of provincially appointed judges. It is a very rare crime. One of the few individuals to be charged with the crime in recent decades was
Charles Yacoub who hijacked a
Greyhound bus and had it driven onto
Parliament Hill in 1989. In his trial, Yacoub was later found not guilty of the particular charge.
["Yacoub acquitted of 3 of 5 charges in hijacking of bus to Parliament Hill". ''Edmonton Journal.'' Edmonton, Alta.: March 7, 1990. p. A.4]
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Canadian criminal law