An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another Act (S.C. 2019, c. 27)
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Assented to 2019-06-21
1992, c. 20Corrections and Conditional Release Act (continued)
32.1 Paragraph 101(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(c) parole boards make the least restrictive determinations that are consistent with the protection of society;
Marginal note:1995, c. 42, s. 32(F)
33 Paragraph 116(1)(b) of the English version of Act is replaced by the following:
(b) it is desirable for the offender to be absent from the penitentiary for medical, administrative, community service, family contact, including parental responsibilities, personal development for rehabilitative purposes or compassionate reasons;
Marginal note:2015, c. 13, s. 49(3)
34 Subsection 140(13) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Audio recording
(13) Subject to any conditions specified by the Board, a victim, or a person referred to in subsection 142(3), is entitled, on request, after a hearing in respect of a review referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), to listen to an audio recording of the hearing, other than portions of the hearing that the Board considers
(a) could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the safety of any person or reveal a source of information obtained in confidence; or
(b) should not be heard by the victim or a person referred to in subsection 142(3) because the privacy interests of any person clearly outweighs the interest of the victim or person referred to in that subsection.
Marginal note:1995, ch. 42, s. 58(F)
35 Subsection 151(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Respect for diversity
(3) Policies adopted under paragraph (2)(a) must respect gender, ethnic, cultural and linguistic differences and be responsive to the special needs of women and of Indigenous persons, as well as to the needs of other groups of offenders with special requirements.
36 Section 220 of the Act is repealed.
R.S., c. C-47Criminal Records Act
Marginal note:1992, c. 22, s. 6
37 Paragraph 6.1(1)(b) of the English version of the Criminal Records Act is replaced by the following:
(b) more than three years have elapsed since the day on which the offender was ordered discharged on the conditions prescribed in a probation order.
Transitional Provisions
Marginal note:Words and expressions
38 Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in sections 39 and 40 have the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) or 99(1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.
Marginal note:Inmate is in administrative segregation
39 If an inmate is in administrative segregation immediately before the coming into force of section 10, on the day on which that section comes into force that inmate is deemed to have been authorized to be transferred to a structured intervention unit under an authorization given under subsection 29.01(1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, as enacted by section 7.
Marginal note:Sanction under paragraph 44(1)(f)
40 An inmate who is subject to a disciplinary sanction referred to in paragraph 44(1)(f) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act immediately before the coming into force of section 11 ceases to be subject to that sanction on the day on which that section comes into force.
Review and Report
Marginal note:Review by committee
40.1 (1) At the start of the fifth year after the day on which this section comes into force, a comprehensive review of the provisions enacted by this Act must be undertaken by the committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons or of both Houses of Parliament that may be designated or established for that purpose.
Marginal note:Report to Parliament
(2) The committee referred to in subsection (1) must, within one year after the review is undertaken under that subsection, submit a report to the House or Houses of Parliament of which it is a committee, including a statement setting out any changes to the provisions that the committee recommends.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in Council
41 (1) Sections 3, 7, 10, 11, 14 and 29 and subsection 31(1) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Order in Council
(2) Sections 12, 15, 16, 18, 21 and 22 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Order in Council
(3) Sections 28 and 30 and subsection 31(2) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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