An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2019, c. 25)

Marginal note:R.S., c. 27 (2nd Supp.), s. 10 (Sch., subitem 6(15)); 1992, c. 1, s. 58(1) (Sch. I, s. 15), c. 51, ss. 40 and 41; 1998, c. 30, par. 14(d); 1999, c. 3, s. 54, c. 5, s. 44; 2002, c. 7, s. 148; 2015, c. 3, ss. 57 to 59

• 312 (1) The reference to “a recognizance” in column II of the schedule to Part XXV of the Act, opposite “Ontario” in column I, is replaced by a reference to “a release order or recognizance”.

• Marginal note:R.S., c. 27 (2nd Supp.), s. 10 (Sch., subitem 6(15)); 1992, c. 1, s. 58(1) (Sch. I, s. 15), c. 51, ss. 40 and 41; 1998, c. 30, par. 14(d); 1999, c. 3, s. 54, c. 5, s. 44; 2002, c. 7, s. 148; 2015, c. 3, ss. 57 to 59

  (2) The reference to “all other recognizances” in column II of the schedule to Part XXV of the Act, opposite “Ontario” in column I, is replaced by a reference to “undertakings or all other release orders or recognizances”.

• (3) The references to “a recognizance” in column II of the schedule to Part XXV of the Act, opposite “British Columbia” in column I, are replaced by references to “an undertaking, release order or recognizance”.

313 Subsection 779(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:2013, c. 11, s. 4

314 Paragraph (b) of the definition sentence in section 785 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:1997, c. 18, s. 110

315 Subsection 786(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:R.S., c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 171(2); 2008, c. 18, s. 44

316 Section 787 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:1997, c. 18, s. 111

317 Subsection 800(2.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

317.1 Section 802.1 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:1994, c. 44, s. 80(1)

• 318 (1) Subsection 806(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Memo of conviction or order

  • 806 (1) If a defendant is convicted or an order is made in relation to the defendant, a minute or memorandum of the conviction or order must be made by the summary conviction court indicating that the matter was dealt with under this Part and, on request by the defendant, the prosecutor or any other person, a conviction or order in Form 35 or 36, as the case may be, and a certified copy of the conviction or order must be drawn up and the certified copy must be delivered to the person making the request.

• (2) Subsection 806(2) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Mandat de dépôt

    (2) Lorsqu’un défendeur est déclaré coupable ou qu’une ordonnance est rendue contre lui, un mandat de dépôt selon la formule 21 ou 22 est délivré par la cour des poursuites sommaires, et l’article 528 s’applique à l’égard de ce mandat de dépôt.

• Marginal note:1994, c. 44, s. 80(2)

  (3) Subsection 806(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Admissibility of certified copy

    (3) If a warrant of committal in Form 21 is signed by a clerk of a court, a copy of the warrant of committal, certified by the clerk, is admissible in evidence in any proceeding.

Marginal note:2014, c. 31, s. 25

• 319 (1) Paragraph 810(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (a) will cause personal injury to them or to their intimate partner or child or will damage their property; or

• Marginal note:1995, c. 39, s. 157

  (2) Subsection 810(3.1) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Condition

    (3.1) Le juge de paix ou la cour des poursuites sommaires qui rend une ordonnance en vertu du paragraphe (3), doit, s’il en arrive à la conclusion qu’il est souhaitable pour la sécurité du défendeur ou celle d’autrui de lui interdire d’avoir en sa possession des armes à feu, arbalètes, armes prohibées, armes à autorisation restreinte, dispositifs prohibés, munitions, munitions prohibées et substances explosives, ou l’un ou plusieurs de ces objets, ajouter comme condition à l’engagement de n’avoir aucun des objets visés en sa possession pour la période indiquée dans celui-ci.

• Marginal note:1995, c. 39, s. 157

  (3) Subsection 810(3.12) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Motifs

    (3.12) Le juge de paix ou la cour des poursuites sommaires qui n’assortit pas l’ordonnance de la condition prévue au paragraphe (3.1) est tenu de donner ses motifs, qui sont consignés au dossier de l’instance.

• Marginal note:1994, c. 44, s. 81(3); 2000, c. 12, par. 95(g); 2011, c. 7, s. 7(2)

  (4) Subsections 810(3.2) and (4) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Supplementary conditions

    (3.2) Before making an order under subsection (3), the justice or the summary conviction court shall consider whether it is desirable, in the interests of the safety of the informant, of the person on whose behalf the information was laid or of that person’s intimate partner or child, as the case may be, to add either or both of the following conditions to the recognizance,

    • (a) a condition prohibiting the defendant from being at, or within a distance specified in the recognizance from, a place specified in the recognizance where the person on whose behalf the information was laid or that person’s intimate partner or child, as the case may be, is regularly found; or

    • (b) a condition prohibiting the defendant from communicating, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the person on whose behalf the information was laid or that person’s intimate partner or child, as the case may be.

  • Marginal note:Form — warrant of committal

    (4) A warrant of committal to prison for failure or refusal to enter into the recognizance under subsection (3) may be in Form 23.

Marginal note:2002, c. 13, s. 81(1); 2008, c. 6, par. 54(j); 2012, c. 1, s. 37(1); 2014, c. 25, s. 31

320 Subsection 810.1(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:2015, c. 20, s. 26

321 Section 810.21 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:2015, c. 23, s. 19

322 Paragraph 811(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:R.S., c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 181(E)

323 Section 816 of the Act is replaced by the following:

• 324 (1) Subsections 817(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Recognizance of prosecutor

  • 817 (1) The prosecutor in proceedings before a summary conviction court by whom an appeal is taken under section 813 shall, immediately after filing the notice of appeal and proof of service of the notice in accordance with section 815, appear before a justice, and the justice shall, after giving the prosecutor and the respondent a reasonable opportunity to be heard, order that the prosecutor enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties, in the amount that the justice directs and with or without the deposit of money or other valuable security that the justice directs.

  • Marginal note:Condition

    (2) The condition of a recognizance entered into under this section is that the prosecutor will appear personally or by counsel at the sittings of the appeal court at which the appeal is to be heard.

• (2) Subsection 817(4) of the Act is repealed.

325 Paragraph 825(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

326 Subsection 828(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:R.S., c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 182

327 Subsection 832(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

• 328 (1) Item 8 of the schedule to Part XXVII of the Act is amended by replacing “recognizance” with “release order or recognizance”.

• (2) Item 17 of the schedule to Part XXVII of the Act is amended by replacing “take recognizance of bail” with “make a release order or take a recognizance”.

Marginal note:2002, c. 13, s. 84

329 Section 848 of the Act is repealed.

Marginal note:2007, c. 22, s. 23

330 The portion of Form 5.03 of Part XXVIII of the Act after the paragraph that begins with “To” and ends with “(territorial division):” is replaced by the following: