Corrections and Conditional Release Act

Marginal note:Disclosure of information to victims

• 142 (1) At the request of a victim of an offence committed by an offender, the Chairperson

  • (a) shall disclose to the victim the following information about the offender:

    • (i) the offender’s name,

    • (ii) the offence of which the offender was convicted and the court that convicted the offender,

    • (iii) the date of commencement and length of the sentence that the offender is serving, and

    • (iv) eligibility dates and review dates applicable to the offender under this Part in respect of unescorted temporary absences or parole; and

  • (b) may disclose to the victim any of the following information about the offender, where in the Chairperson’s opinion the interest of the victim in the disclosure clearly outweighs any invasion of the offender’s privacy that could result from the disclosure, namely,

    • (i) the offender’s age,

    • (ii) the location of the penitentiary in which the sentence is being served,

    • (iii) the date, if any, on which the offender is to be released on unescorted temporary absence, escorted temporary absence where the Board has approved the absence as required by subsection 746.1(2) of the Criminal Code, parole or statutory release,

    • (iv) the date of any hearing for the purposes of a review under section 130,

    • (v) any of the conditions attached to the offender’s unescorted temporary absence, parole or statutory release and the reasons for any unescorted temporary absence,

    • (vi) the destination of the offender when released on unescorted temporary absence, parole or statutory release, and whether the offender will be in the vicinity of the victim while travelling to that destination,

    • (vii) whether the offender is in custody and, if not, the reason that the offender is not in custody,

    • (viii) whether or not the offender has appealed a decision of the Board under section 147, and the outcome of that appeal, and

    • (ix) the reason for a waiver of the right to a hearing under subsection 140(1) if the offender gives one.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) Where an offender has been transferred from a penitentiary to a provincial correctional facility, the Chairperson of the Board may, at the request of a victim of an offence committed by the offender, disclose to the victim the name of the province in which the provincial facility is located if in the Chairperson’s opinion the interest of the victim in such disclosure clearly outweighs any invasion of the offender’s privacy that could result from the disclosure.

• Marginal note:Disclosure of information to other persons

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) also apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to a person who satisfies the Chairperson

  • (a) that person suffered physical or emotional harm, property damage or economic loss, as the result of an act of an offender, whether or not the offender was prosecuted or convicted for that act; and

  • (b) that a complaint was made to the police or the Crown attorney, or an information was laid under the Criminal Code, in respect of that act.

• Marginal note:Representative

  (3.1) A victim may designate a representative to whom the information referred to in subsections (1) and (2) is to be disclosed on the victim’s behalf. In that case, the victim shall provide the Chairperson with the representative’s contact information.

• Marginal note:Withdrawal of request

  (3.2) A victim who has made a request referred to in subsection (1) or (2) may inform the Chairperson in writing that they no longer want the information to be disclosed to them. In that case, the Chairperson shall not contact them or their representative, if any, unless the victim subsequently makes the request again.

• Marginal note:Deemed withdrawal of request

  (3.3) The Chairperson may consider a victim to have withdrawn a request referred to in subsection (1) or (2) if the Chairperson has made reasonable efforts to contact the victim and has failed to do so.

• Marginal note:Other persons

  (3.4) Subsections (3.1) to (3.3) also apply, with any necessary modifications, to a person who has satisfied the Chairperson of the matters referred to in paragraphs (3)(a) and (b).

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (4) The manner and form of making requests to the Chairperson under subsection (1) or (2), and how those requests are to be dealt with, may be provided for by the regulations.

• Marginal note:Designation by Chairperson

  (5) In this section, “Chairperson” includes a person or class of persons designated, by name or by position, by the Chairperson.