Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Ineligibility for parole — multiple murders

• 745.51 (1) At the time of the sentencing under section 745 of an offender who is convicted of murder and who has already been convicted of one or more other murders, the judge who presided at the trial of the offender or, if that judge is unable to do so, any judge of the same court may, having regard to the character of the offender, the nature of the offence and the circumstances surrounding its commission, and the recommendation, if any, made pursuant to section 745.21, by order, decide that the periods without eligibility for parole for each murder conviction are to be served consecutively.

• Marginal note:Reasons

  (2) The judge shall give, either orally or in writing, reasons for the decision to make or not to make an order under subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Application

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply to an offender who is convicted of murders committed on a day after the day on which this section comes into force and for which the offender is sentenced under this Act, the National Defence Act or the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.