Canada will pursue criminals .. even on other planets!
Canadian lawmakers passed a bill yesterday that includes amendments to the criminal code that would allow prosecutions for crimes committed on the moon or in space.
The amendments were included in a 443-page bill dealing mainly with the budget.
One of the amendments states that “Any member of a Canadian space crew who commits outside Canada and during a space flight (...) any act, whether an act or an omission, which, if committed within Canadian territory, would constitute a crime punishable by law, shall be considered as having committed such an act in Canada".
The text of the bill, approved by the House of Commons by 181 votes to 144, aims to allow prosecutions related to crimes committed during space flights or on the surface of the moon.
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