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FORM 5.07

(Subsection 487.057(1))

REPORT TO A PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE, THE COURT OR A JUSTICE

Canada,
Province of ................,
(territorial division)

[ ] To (name of judge), a judge of the provincial court who issued a warrant under section 487.05 of the Criminal Code or to another judge of that court:

[ ] To the court from which an order under section 487.051 or 487.052 of the Criminal Code was made:

[ ] To (name of justice), a justice who granted an authorization under section 487.055 or 487.091 of the Criminal Code or to another justice for the same territorial division:

I, (name of peace officer), have (state here whether you have acted in execution of a war rant under section 487.05 or an order under section 487.051 or 487.052, or under an au thorization under section 487.055 or 487.091) of the Criminal Code.

I have (state here whether you have taken the samples yourself or caused them to be taken under your direction) from (name of offender) the number of samples of bodily substances that I believe are reasonably required for fo rensic DNA analysis, in accordance with (state whether the taking of the samples was under the warrant issued by the judge or another judge of the court, an order made by the court or an authorization granted by the justice or another justice for the same territo rial division).

The samples were taken at .... a.m./p.m. on the ... day of ........... A.D. ......

I (or state the name of the person who took the samples) was able by virtue of training or ex perience to take the following samples from (name of offender) in accordance with subsec tion 487.06(1) of the Criminal Code and did so take them:

[ ] individual hairs, including the root sheath

[ ] epithelial cells taken by swabbing the lips, tongue or inside cheeks of the mouth

[ ] blood taken by pricking the skin surface with a sterile lancet

Any terms or conditions in the (warrant, order or authorization) have been complied with.

Dated this ................ day of ................
A.D. ........, at ................ .

........................................
(Signature of peace officer)

FORM 5.08

(Subsection 487.091(1))

APPLICATION FOR AN AUTHORIZATION FOR TAKING ADDITIONAL SAMPLES OF BODILY SUBSTANCES FOR FORENSIC DNA ANALYSIS

Canada,
Province of ................,
(territorial division)

I, (name of peace officer), (occupation), of .......... in the said (territorial division), apply for an authorization to take additional samples of bodily substances for forensic DNA analy sis.

Whereas samples of bodily substances were taken from (name of offender) for the purpose of forensic DNA analysis, in execution of an order made under section 487.051 or 487.052 of the Criminal Code or an authorization granted under section 487.055 of the Criminal Code (attach a copy of the order or authoriza tion);

And whereas on (day/month/year) it was de termined that a DNA profile could not be de rived from the samples for the following rea sons:

Therefore, I request that an authorization be granted under subsection 487.091(1) of the Criminal Code to take from (name of offender) the number of additional samples of bodily substances that is reasonably required for fo rensic DNA analysis, provided that the person taking the samples is able by virtue of training or experience to take them by means of the in vestigative procedures described in subsec tion 487.06(1) of the Criminal Code and pro vided that, if the person taking the samples is not a peace officer, he or she take the samples under the direction of a peace officer.

Dated this ... day of ........, A.D. ......, at ............... .

.........................................
(Signature of applicant)

FORM 5.09

(Subsection 487.091(1))

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE TAKING OF ADDITIONAL SAMPLES OF BODILY SUBSTANCES FOR FORENSIC DNA ANALYSIS

Canada,
Province of ................,
(territorial division)

To the peace officers in (territorial division):

Whereas samples of bodily substances were taken from (name of offender) for the purpose of forensic DNA analysis, in execution of an order made under section 487.051 or 487.052 of the Criminal Code or an authorization granted under section 487.055 of the Criminal Code;

Whereas on (day/month/year) it was deter mined that a DNA profile could not be derived from the samples for the following reasons:

And whereas (name of peace officer), a peace officer of the said territorial division, has ap plied for an authorization for the taking of the number of additional samples of bodily sub stances from (name of offender) that is reason ably required for forensic DNA analysis by means of the investigative procedures de scribed in subsection 487.06(1) of that Act;

Therefore, the peace officers of the said terri torial division are authorized to take from (name of offender) or cause to be taken by a person acting under their direction those addi tional samples, provided that the person tak ing the samples is able by virtue of training or experience to take them by means of the inves tigative procedures described in subsection 487.06(1) of the Criminal Code and provided that, if the person taking the samples is not a peace officer, he or she take the samples under the direction of a peace officer.

This authorization is subject to the following terms and conditions that I consider advisable to ensure that the taking of the samples is rea sonable in the circumstances:

Dated this ................ day of ................
A.D. ........, at ................ .

........................................
(Signature of justice of the peace)

R.S., c. C-47

Criminal Records Act

25. Section 6 of the Criminal Records Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):

Information in national DNA data bank

(4) For greater certainty, a judicial record of a conviction includes any information in relation to the conviction that is contained in the convicted offenders index of the national DNA data bank established under the DNA Identification Act.

COMING INTO FORCE

Coming into force

26. This Act or any of its provisions or any provision of an Act enacted by this Act comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.