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Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1)

Act current to 2024-02-20 and last amended on 2019-12-18. Previous Versions

RELATED PROVISIONS

  • — 2012, c. 1, par. 163(c)

    • Pending applications — references in other legislation

      163 A reference to an application for a record suspension in the following provisions, as enacted by this Part, is deemed also to be a reference to an application for a pardon that is not finally disposed of on the day on which this section comes into force:

  • — 2012, c. 1, par. 165(f)

    • Pardons in effect — references in other legislation

      165 A reference to a record suspension in the following provisions, as enacted by this Part, is deemed also to be a reference to a pardon that is granted or issued under the Criminal Records Act:

  • — 2012, c. 1, s. 195

    • Offences committed before this section in force

      195 Any person who, before the coming into force of this section, while he or she was a young person, committed an offence in respect of which no proceedings were commenced before that coming into force shall be dealt with under the Youth Criminal Justice Act as amended by this Part as if the offence occurred after that coming into force, except that

      • (a) the definition violent offence in subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, as enacted by subsection 167(3), does not apply in respect of the offence;

      • (b) paragraph 3(1)(a) of that Act, as enacted by subsection 168(1), does not apply in respect of the offence;

      • (c) paragraph 38(2)(f) of that Act, as enacted by section 172, does not apply in respect of the offence;

      • (d) paragraph 39(1)(c) of that Act, as enacted by section 173, does not apply in respect of the offence; and

      • (e) section 75 of that Act, as enacted by section 185, does not apply in respect of the offence.

  • — 2014, c. 25, s. 45.1

    • Review
      • 45.1 (1) Within five years after this section comes into force, a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act shall be undertaken by such committee of the House of Commons as may be designated or established by the House for that purpose.

      • Report

        (2) The committee referred to in subsection (1) shall, within a year after a review is undertaken pursuant to that subsection or within such further time as the House may authorize, submit a report on the review to the Speaker of the House, including a statement of any changes the committee recommends.

  • — 2019, c. 25, s. 384

    • Subsection 59(10)

      384 Subsection 59(10) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act does not apply to the sentence for an offence committed before the coming into force of that subsection.


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