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

Marginal note:Conditions to be included in custody and supervision order

• 97 (1) Every youth sentence imposed under paragraph 42(2)(n) shall contain the following conditions, namely, that the young person, while serving the portion of the youth sentence under supervision in the community,

  • (a) keep the peace and be of good behaviour;

  • (b) report to the provincial director and then be under the supervision of the provincial director;

  • (c) inform the provincial director immediately on being arrested or questioned by the police;

  • (d) report to the police, or any named individual, as instructed by the provincial director;

  • (e) advise the provincial director of the young person’s address of residence and report immediately to the provincial director any change

    • (i) in that address,

    • (ii) in the young person’s normal occupation, including employment, vocational or educational training and volunteer work,

    • (iii) in the young person’s family or financial situation, and

    • (iv) that may reasonably be expected to affect the young person’s ability to comply with the conditions of the sentence; and

  • (f) not own, possess or have the control of any weapon, ammunition, prohibited ammunition, prohibited device or explosive substance, except as authorized in writing by the provincial director for the purposes of the young person participating in a program specified in the authorization.

• Marginal note:Other conditions

  (2) The provincial director may set additional conditions that support and address the needs of the young person, promote the reintegration of the young person into the community and offer adequate protection to the public from the risk that the young person might otherwise present. The provincial director shall, in setting the conditions, take into account the needs of the young person, the most effective programs for the young person in order to maximize his or her chances for reintegration into the community, the nature of the offence and the ability of the young person to comply with the conditions.

• Marginal note:Communication of conditions

  (3) The provincial director shall

  • (a) cause the conditions to be read by or to the young person bound by them;

  • (b) explain or cause to be explained to the young person the purpose and effect of the conditions, and confirm that the young person understands them; and

  • (c) cause a copy of the conditions to be given to the young person, and to a parent of the young person.

• Marginal note:Provisions to apply

  (4) Subsections 56(3) (endorsement of order by young person) and (4) (validity of order) apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of conditions under this section.