(a) a certificate setting out with reasonable particularity the conviction or discharge under section 730, the finding of guilt under the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, the finding of guilt under the Youth Criminal Justice Act or the conviction and sentence or finding of guilt and sentence in Canada of an offender is, on proof that the accused or defendant is the offender referred to in the certificate, evidence that the accused or defendant was so convicted, so discharged or so convicted and sentenced or found guilty and sentenced, without proof of the signature or the official character of the person appearing to have signed the certificate, if it is signed by

• (i) the person who made the conviction, order for the discharge or finding of guilt,

• (ii) the clerk of the court in which the conviction, order for the discharge or finding of guilt was made, or

• (iii) a fingerprint examiner;

b) de permission de sortir sans escorte sous le régime de cette loi ou de la Loi sur les prisons et les maisons de correction;

Marginal note:Exception

(2) Section 9 nevertheless applies to information in the convicted offenders index in relation to

• (a) a serious violent offence as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act; or

• (b) a record to which subsection 120(6) of that Act applies.

Marginal note:Exception

(2) Subsections 10(6) and (7) nevertheless apply to the destruction of stored bodily substances of a young person that relate to

• (a) a serious violent offence as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act; or

• (b) a record to which subsection 120(6) of that Act applies.

(h) to protect public health and safety and to maintain the security of Canadian society;

Marginal note:Authorization

(1.1) An officer may, on application, authorize a foreign national to work or study in Canada if the foreign national meets the conditions set out in the regulations.

Marginal note:Instructions

(1.2) Despite subsection (1.1), the officer shall refuse to authorize the foreign national to work in Canada if, in the officer’s opinion, public policy considerations that are specified in the instructions given by the Minister justify such a refusal.

Marginal note:Concurrence of second officer

(1.3) In applying subsection (1.2), any refusal to give authorization to work in Canada requires the concurrence of a second officer.

Marginal note:Purpose

(1.4) The instructions shall prescribe public policy considerations that aim to protect foreign nationals who are at risk of being subjected to humiliating or degrading treatment, including sexual exploitation.

Marginal note:Publication

(1.5) The instructions shall be published in the Canada Gazette.

Marginal note:Application

(1.6) The instructions take effect on the day on which they are published, or on any later day specified in the instructions, and apply in respect of all applications for authorization to work in Canada, including those that were filed before that day and for which a final decision has not been made.

Marginal note:Revocation

(1.7) The instructions cease to have effect on the day on which a notice of revocation is published in the Canada Gazette.

(e.1) any instructions given under subsection 30(1.2) during the year in question and the date of their publication; and