Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Act current to 2013-05-20 and last amended on 2013-03-27. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Report by court to Correctional Service

743.2 A court that sentences or commits a person to penitentiary shall forward to the Correctional Service of Canada its reasons and recommendation relating to the sentence or committal, any relevant reports that were submitted to the court, and any other information relevant to administering the sentence or committal.

  • 1995, c. 22, s. 6.
Marginal note:Non-communication order

  • 743.21 (1) The sentencing judge may issue an order prohibiting the offender from communicating, directly or indirectly, with any victim, witness or other person identified in the order during the custodial period of the sentence, except in accordance with any conditions specified in the order that the sentencing judge considers necessary.

  • Marginal note:Failure to comply with order

    (2) Every person who fails, without lawful excuse, the proof of which lies on that person, to comply with the order

    • (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or

    • (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months.

  • 2008, c. 18, s. 42.
Marginal note:Sentence served according to regulations

743.3 A sentence of imprisonment shall be served in accordance with the enactments and rules that govern the institution to which the prisoner is sentenced.

  • 1995, c. 22, s. 6.

743.4 [Repealed, 2002, c. 1, s. 184]

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Marginal note:Transfer of jurisdiction when person already sentenced under Youth Criminal Justice Act

  • 743.5 (1) If a young person or an adult is or has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment for an offence while subject to a disposition made under paragraph 20(1)(k) or (k.1) of the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, or a youth sentence imposed under paragraph 42(2)(n), (o), (q) or (r) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the remaining portion of the disposition or youth sentence shall be dealt with, for all purposes under this Act or any other Act of Parliament, as if it had been a sentence imposed under this Act.

  • Marginal note:Transfer of jurisdiction when youth sentence imposed under Youth Criminal Justice Act

    (2) If a disposition is made under paragraph 20(1)(k) or (k.1) of the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, with respect to a person or a youth sentence is imposed on a person under paragraph 42(2)(n), (o), (q) or (r) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act while the young person or adult is under sentence of imprisonment imposed under an Act of Parliament other than the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the disposition or youth sentence shall be dealt with, for all purposes under this Act or any other Act of Parliament, as if it had been a sentence imposed under this Act.

  • Marginal note:Sentences deemed to constitute one sentence — section 743.1

    (3) For greater certainty, the following are deemed to constitute one sentence of imprisonment for the purposes of section 139 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act:

    • (a) for the purposes of subsection (1), the remainder of the youth sentence or disposition and the subsequent term of imprisonment; and

    • (b) for the purposes of subsection (2), the term of imprisonment and the subsequent youth sentence or disposition.

  • 1995, c. 22, ss. 6, 19, 20;
  • 2002, c. 1, s. 184;
  • 2008, c. 18, s. 43.
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