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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (organized crime and law enforcement) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2001, c. 32)

Assented to 2001-12-18

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

1993, c. 37Seized Property Management Act

COORDINATING AMENDMENTS

Marginal note:2000, c. 17

 On the later of the coming into force of subparagraph 11(a)(i) of the Seized Property Management Act, as enacted by section 96 of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act, and section 79 of this Act, subparagraph 11(a)(i) of the Seized Property Management Act is replaced by the following:

  • (i) property forfeited to Her Majesty under subsection 462.37(1) or (2) or 462.38(2), subparagraph 462.43(c)(iii) or subsection 490.1(1) or 490.2(2) of the Criminal Code, subsection 16(1) or 17(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act or the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act, or

Marginal note:Bill C-11
  •  (1) If Bill C-11, introduced in the 1st session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (the “other Act”), receives royal assent, then the provisions mentioned in subsections (2) and (3) are amended as provided in those subsections.

  • Marginal note:Criminal Code — section 183 replaced

    (2) On the later of the coming into force of section 4 of this Act and section 245 of the other Act, the definition “offence” in section 183 of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

    “offence”

    « infraction »

    “offence” means an offence contrary to, any conspiracy or attempt to commit or being an accessory after the fact in relation to an offence contrary to, or any counselling in relation to an offence contrary to

    • (a) any of the following provisions of this Act, namely,

      • (i) section 47 (high treason),

      • (ii) section 51 (intimidating Parliament or a legislature),

      • (iii) section 52 (sabotage),

      • (iv) section 57 (forgery, etc.),

      • (v) section 61 (sedition),

      • (vi) section 76 (hijacking),

      • (vii) section 77 (endangering safety of aircraft or airport),

      • (viii) section 78 (offensive weapons, etc., on aircraft),

      • (ix) section 78.1 (offences against maritime navigation or fixed platforms),

      • (x) section 80 (breach of duty),

      • (xi) section 81 (using explosives),

      • (xii) section 82 (possessing explosives),

      • (xiii) section 96 (possession of weapon obtained by commission of offence),

      • (xiv) section 99 (weapons trafficking),

      • (xv) section 100 (possession for purpose of weapons trafficking),

      • (xvi) section 102 (making automatic firearm),

      • (xvii) section 103 (importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized),

      • (xviii) section 104 (unauthorized importing or exporting),

      • (xix) section 119 (bribery, etc.),

      • (xx) section 120 (bribery, etc.),

      • (xxi) section 121 (fraud on government),

      • (xxii) section 122 (breach of trust),

      • (xxiii) section 123 (municipal corruption),

      • (xxiv) section 132 (perjury),

      • (xxv) section 139 (obstructing justice),

      • (xxvi) section 144 (prison breach),

      • (xxvii) subsection 145(1) (escape, etc.),

      • (xxviii) paragraph 163(1)(a) (obscene materials),

      • (xxix) section 163.1 (child pornography),

      • (xxx) section 184 (unlawful interception),

      • (xxxi) section 191 (possession of intercepting device),

      • (xxxii) subsection 201(1) (keeping gaming or betting house),

      • (xxxiii) paragraph 202(1)(e) (pool-selling, etc.),

      • (xxxiv) subsection 210(1) (keeping common bawdy house),

      • (xxxv) subsection 212(1) (procuring),

      • (xxxvi) subsection 212(2) (procuring),

      • (xxxvii) subsection 212(2.1) (aggravated offence in relation to living on the avails of prostitution of a person under the age of eighteen years),

      • (xxxviii) subsection 212(4) (offence — prostitution of person under eighteen),

      • (xxxix) section 235 (murder),

      • (xl) section 264.1 (uttering threats),

      • (xli) section 267 (assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm),

      • (xlii) section 268 (aggravated assault),

      • (xliii) section 269 (unlawfully causing bodily harm),

      • (xliv) section 271 (sexual assault),

      • (xlv) section 272 (sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm),

      • (xlvi) section 273 (aggravated sexual assault),

      • (xlvii) section 279 (kidnapping),

      • (xlviii) section 279.1 (hostage taking),

      • (xlix) section 280 (abduction of person under sixteen),

      • (l) section 281 (abduction of person under fourteen),

      • (li) section 282 (abduction in contravention of custody order),

      • (lii) section 283 (abduction),

      • (liii) section 318 (advocating genocide),

      • (liv) section 327 (possession of device to obtain telecommunication facility or service),

      • (lv) section 334 (theft),

      • (lvi) section 342 (theft, forgery, etc., of credit card),

      • (lvii) section 342.1 (unauthorized use of computer),

      • (lviii) section 342.2 (possession of device to obtain computer service),

      • (lix) section 344 (robbery),

      • (lx) section 346 (extortion),

      • (lxi) section 347 (criminal interest rate),

      • (lxii) section 348 (breaking and entering),

      • (lxiii) section 354 (possession of property obtained by crime),

      • (lxiv) section 356 (theft from mail),

      • (lxv) section 367 (forgery),

      • (lxvi) section 368 (uttering forged document),

      • (lxvii) section 372 (false messages),

      • (lxviii) section 380 (fraud),

      • (lxix) section 381 (using mails to defraud),

      • (lxx) section 382 (fraudulent manipulation of stock exchange transactions),

      • (lxxi) section 423.1 (intimidation of justice system participant or journalist),

      • (lxxii) section 424 (threat to commit offences against internationally protected person),

      • (lxxiii) section 426 (secret commissions),

      • (lxxiv) section 430 (mischief),

      • (lxxv) section 431 (attack on premises, residence or transport of internationally protected person),

      • (lxxvi) section 433 (arson),

      • (lxxvii) section 434 (arson),

      • (lxxviii) section 434.1 (arson),

      • (lxxix) section 435 (arson for fraudulent purpose),

      • (lxxx) section 449 (making counterfeit money),

      • (lxxxi) section 450 (possession, etc., of counterfeit money),

      • (lxxxii) section 452 (uttering, etc., counterfeit money),

      • (lxxxiii) section 462.31 (laundering proceeds of crime),

      • (lxxxiv) subsection 462.33(11) (acting in contravention of restraint order), or

      • (lxxxv) section 467.11 (participation in criminal organization),

      • (lxxxvi) section 467.12 (commission of offence for criminal organization), or

      • (lxxxvii) section 467.13 (instructing commission of offence for criminal organization),

    • (b) section 198 (fraudulent bankruptcy) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act,

    • (c) any of the following provisions of the Competition Act, namely,

      • (i) section 45 (conspiracy) in relation to any of the matters referred to in paragraphs 45(4)(a) to (d) of that Act,

      • (ii) section 47 (bid-rigging), or

      • (iii) subsection 52.1(3) (deceptive telemarketing),

    • (d) any of the following provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, namely,

      • (i) section 5 (trafficking),

      • (ii) section 6 (importing and exporting), or

      • (iii) section 7 (production),

    • (e) section 3 (bribing a foreign public official) of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act,

    • (e.1) the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act,

    • (f) either of the following provisions of the Customs Act, namely,

      • (i) section 153 (false statements), or

      • (ii) section 159 (smuggling),

    • (g) any of the following provisions of the Excise Act, namely,

      • (i) section 158 (unlawful distillation of spirits),

      • (ii) section 163 (unlawful selling of spirits),

      • (iii) subsection 233(1) (unlawful packaging or stamping), or

      • (iv) subsection 240(1) (unlawful possession or sale of manufactured tobacco or cigars),

    • (h) any of the following provisions of the Export and Import Permits Act, namely,

      • (i) section 13 (export or attempt to export),

      • (ii) section 14 (import or attempt to import),

      • (iii) section 15 (diversion, etc.),

      • (iv) section 16 (no transfer of permits),

      • (v) section 17 (false information), or

      • (vi) section 18 (aiding and abetting),

    • (i) any of the following provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, namely,

      • (i) section 117 (organizing entry into Canada),

      • (ii) section 118 (trafficking in persons),

      • (iii) section 119 (disembarking persons at sea),

      • (iv) section 122 (offences related to documents),

      • (v) section 126 (counselling misrepresentation), or

      • (vi) section 129 (offences relating to officers), or

    • (j) section 3 (spying) of the Official Secrets Act,

    and includes any other offence that there are reasonable grounds to believe is a criminal organization offence;

  • Marginal note:Immigration and Refugee Protection Act — sections 130, 131, 132 and 246

    (3) On the latest of the coming into force of subsections 12(5) and (6) of this Act and section 130 of the other Act,

    • (a) section 130 of the other Act is repealed;

    • (b) section 131 of the other Act is replaced by the following:

      Marginal note:Counselling offence

      131. Every person who knowingly induces, aids or abets or attempts to induce, aid or abet any person to contravene section 117, 118, 119, 122, 124 or 129, or who counsels a person to do so, commits an offence and is liable to the same penalty as that person.

    • (c) section 132 of the other Act is repealed; and

    • (d) section 246 of the other Act is repealed.

Marginal note:Bill C-15
  •  (1) If Bill C-15, introduced in the 1st session of the 37th Parliament and entitled the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2001 (the “other Act”), receives royal assent, then the provisions mentioned in subsections (2) to (4) are amended as provided in those subsections.

  • Marginal note:Criminal Code — section 462.47 (French version) replaced

    (2) On the later of the coming into force of section 25 of this Act and section 25 of the other Act, section 462.47 of the French version of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Nullité des actions contre les informateurs

    462.47 Il est entendu que, sous réserve de l’article 241 de la Loi de l’impôt sur le revenu, aucune action ne peut être intentée contre une personne pour le motif qu’elle aurait révélé à un agent de la paix ou au procureur général des faits sur lesquels elle se fonde pour avoir des motifs raisonnables de soupçonner que des biens sont des produits de la criminalité ou pour croire qu’une autre personne a commis une infraction désignée ou s’apprête à le faire.

  • Marginal note:Criminal Code — subsection 515(4.1) (French version) replaced

    (3) On the later of the coming into force of subsection 37(1) of this Act and section 32 of the other Act, subsection 515(4.1) of the French version of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Condition additionnelle

      (4.1) Lorsqu’il rend une ordonnance en vertu du paragraphe (2) dans le cas d’une infraction perpétrée avec usage, tentative ou menace de violence contre autrui, de l’infraction visée aux articles 264 (harcèlement criminel) ou 423.1 (intimidation d’une personne associée au système judiciaire), d’une infraction aux paragraphes 5(1) ou (2), 6(1) ou (2) ou 7(1) de la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances ou d’une infraction relative à une arme à feu, une arbalète, une arme prohibée, une arme à autorisation restreinte, un dispositif prohibé, des munitions, des munitions prohibées ou des substances explosives, le juge de paix doit, s’il en arrive à la conclusion qu’il est souhaitable de le faire pour la sécurité du prévenu, de la victime ou de toute autre personne, assortir l’ordonnance d’une condition lui interdisant, jusqu’à ce qu’il soit jugé conformément à la loi, d’avoir en sa possession de tels objets ou l’un ou plusieurs de ceux-ci.

  • Marginal note:Criminal Code — subsections 631(3) to (6) replaced

    (4) On the later of the coming into force of section 38 of this Act and section 62 of the other Act, subsections 631(3) to (6) of the Criminal Code are replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Alternate jurors

      (2.1) If the judge considers it advisable in the interests of justice to have one or two alternate jurors, the judge shall so order before the clerk of the court draws out the cards under subsection (3) or (3.1).

    • Marginal note:To be drawn by clerk of court

      (3) The clerk of the court shall, in open court, draw out the cards referred to in subsection (1), one after another, and shall call out the name and number on each card as it is drawn, until the number of persons who have answered is, in the opinion of the judge, sufficient to provide a full jury and any alternate jurors ordered by the judge after allowing for orders to excuse, challenges and directions to stand by where

      • (a) the array of jurors is not challenged; or

      • (b) the array of jurors is challenged but the judge does not direct a new panel to be returned.

    • Marginal note:Where name not to be called

      (3.1) On application by the prosecutor or on its own motion, the court, or a judge of the court, before which the jury trial is to be held, if it is satisfied that it is in the best interest of the administration of justice to do so, including in order to protect the privacy or safety of the members of the jury and alternate jurors, may order that, for the purposes of subsection (3), the clerk of the court shall only call out the number on each card.

    • Marginal note:Juror and other persons to be sworn

      (4) The clerk of the court shall swear each member of the jury, and any alternate jurors, in the order in which his or her card was drawn and shall swear any other person providing technical, personal, interpretative or other support services to a juror with a physical disability.

    • Marginal note:Drawing additional cards if necessary

      (5) If the number of persons who answer under subsection (3) or (3.1) is not sufficient to provide a full jury and the number of alternate jurors ordered by the judge, the clerk of the court shall proceed in accordance with subsections (3), (3.1) and (4) until twelve jurors and any alternate jurors are sworn.

    • Marginal note:Ban on publication, etc.

      (6) On application by the prosecutor or on its own motion, the court or judge before which a jury trial is to be held may, if an order under subsection (3.1) has been made, make an order directing that the identity of a juror or alternate juror or any information that could disclose their identity shall not be published in any document or broadcast in any way, if the court or judge is satisfied that such an order is necessary for the proper administration of justice.

COMING INTO FORCE

Marginal note:Coming into force

 The provisions of this Act, other than sections 80 to 82, come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

 

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