Corrections and Conditional Release Act (S.C. 1992, c. 20)

Marginal note:Hearing

• 43 (1) A charge of a disciplinary offence shall be dealt with in accordance with the prescribed procedure, including a hearing conducted in the prescribed manner.

• Marginal note:Presence of inmate

  (2) A hearing mentioned in subsection (1) shall be conducted with the inmate present unless

  • (a) the inmate is voluntarily absent;

  • (b) the person conducting the hearing believes on reasonable grounds that the inmate’s presence would jeopardize the safety of any person present at the hearing; or

  • (c) the inmate seriously disrupts the hearing.

• Marginal note:Decision

  (3) The person conducting the hearing shall not find the inmate guilty unless satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt, based on the evidence presented at the hearing, that the inmate committed the disciplinary offence in question.