55. (1) Paragraph 140(1)(b) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) the first review for full parole pursuant to subsection 123(1), including the review conducted pursuant to subsection 126(4), and subsequent reviews pursuant to subsection 123(5);
	(2) Paragraph 140(1)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(c) a review conducted pursuant to section 129 or subsection 130(1) or 131(1);
	(3) The portion of subsection 140(4) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Attendance of observers	(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Board or a person designated, by name or by position, by the Chairperson of the Board shall, subject to such conditions as the Board or person considers appropriate and after taking into account the offender's views, permit a person who applies in writing therefor to attend as an observer at a hearing relating to an offender, unless the Board or person is satisfied that
	(4) Paragraph 140(4)(c) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	c) sa présence compromettra vraisemblablement l'équilibre souhaitable entre l'intérêt de l'observateur ou du public à la communication de l'information et l'intérêt du public à la réinsertion sociale du délinquant;
	(5) Subsection 140(9) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Droit à l'interprète	(9) Le délinquant qui ne comprend de façon satisfaisante aucune des deux langues officielles du Canada a droit à l'assistance d'un interprète pour l'audience et pour la compréhension des documents que lui transmet la Commission aux termes du paragraphe 141(1) ou de l'alinéa 143(2)b).
	56. Subsection 141(4) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Exceptions	(4) La Commission peut, dans la mesure jugée strictement nécessaire toutefois, refuser la communication de renseignements au délinquant si elle a des motifs raisonnables de croire que cette communication irait à l'encontre de l'intérêt public, mettrait en danger la sécurité d'une personne ou du pénitencier ou compromettrait la tenue d'une enquête licite.
	57. (1) The portion of paragraph 142(1)(b) of the English version of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:
	(b) may disclose to the victim any of the following information about the offender, where in the Chairperson's opinion the interest of the victim in the disclosure clearly outweighs any invasion of the offender's privacy that could result from the disclosure, namely,
	(2) Subparagraph 142(1)(b)(viii) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(viii) si le délinquant a interjeté appel en vertu de l'article 147 et, le cas échéant, la décision rendue au titre de celui-ci.
	(3) Section 142 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):
Designation by Chairperson	(5) In this section, ``Chairperson'' includes a person or class of persons designated by the Chairperson.
	58. Subsection 151(3) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Directives égalitaires	(3) Les directives établies en vertu du paragraphe (2) doivent respecter les différences ethniques, culturelles et linguistiques, ainsi qu'entre les sexes, et tenir compte des besoins propres aux femmes, aux autochtones et à d'autres groupes particuliers.
	59. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 155:
Inquiries	155.1 (1) The Chairperson may recommend to the Minister that an inquiry be held to determine whether any member of the Board should be subject to any disciplinary or remedial measures for any reason set out in any of paragraphs 155.2(2)(a) to (d).
Judge to conduct inquiry	(2) Where the Minister considers it appropriate that an inquiry under this section be held, a judge, supernumerary judge or former judge of the Federal Court, in this section and section 155.2 referred to as a ``judge'', shall conduct the inquiry.
Powers	(3) A judge conducting an inquiry under this section has all the powers, rights and privileges that are vested in a superior court and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, has the power
	(a) to issue to any person a summons requiring the person to appear at the time and place mentioned in the summons to testify with respect to all matters within the person's knowledge relative to the inquiry and to bring and produce any document, book or paper that the person has or controls relative to the inquiry; and
	(b) to administer oaths and examine any person on oath.
Inquiry public	(4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), an inquiry under this section shall be conducted in public.
Confidentialit y	(5) A judge conducting an inquiry under this section may, on application, take any measures or make any order that the judge considers necessary to ensure the confidentiality of the inquiry where the judge is satisfied that, during the inquiry or as a result of the inquiry being conducted in public, as the case may be,
	(a) matters involving public security may be disclosed;
	(b) financial or personal or other matters may be disclosed of such a nature that the desirability of avoiding public disclosures of those matters in the interest of any person affected or in the public interest outweighs the desirability of adhering to the principle that the inquiry be conducted in public; or
	(c) there is a reasonable likelihood that the life, liberty or security of a person would be endangered.
Idem	(6) Where a judge conducting an inquiry under this section considers it appropriate to do so, the judge may take any measures or make any order that the judge considers necessary to ensure the confidentiality of any hearing held in respect of an application referred to in subsection (5).
Rules of evidence	(7) A judge conducting an inquiry under this section is not bound by any legal or technical rules of evidence and, in any proceedings of the inquiry, the judge may receive and base a decision on evidence adduced in the proceedings and considered credible or trustworthy in the circumstances of the case.
Right to grant standing	(8) A judge conducting an inquiry under this section may grant standing to the hearing to any party where the judge determines such an order to be appropriate.
Right to be heard	(9) Every person in respect of whom an inquiry under this section is conducted shall be given reasonable notice of the subject-matter of the inquiry and of the time and place of any hearing thereof and shall be given an opportunity, in person or by counsel, to be heard at the hearing, to cross-examine witnesses and to adduce evidence.
Report of inquiry	155.2 (1) After an inquiry under section 155.1 has been completed, the judge who conducted the inquiry shall prepare a report of the conclusions of the inquiry and submit it to the Minister.
Recommendat ions	(2) Where an inquiry under section 155.1 has been held and, in the opinion of the judge who conducted the inquiry, the member of the Board in respect of whom the inquiry was held
	(a) has become incapacitated from the due execution of the member's office by reason of infirmity,
	(b) is guilty of misconduct,
	(c) has failed in the due execution of the member's office, or
	(d) has been placed, by conduct or otherwise, in a position that is incompatible with the due execution of the member's office,
	the judge may, in the report of the inquiry, recommend that the member be suspended without pay or be removed from office or may recommend that such disciplinary or remedial measure as the judge considers necessary be taken.
Governor in Council may suspend or remove	(3) Where the Minister receives a report under subsection (1), the Minister shall send a copy of the report to the Governor in Council, who may suspend the member of the Board to whom the report relates without pay, remove the member from office or take any other disciplinary or remedial measure.
	60. Subsection 156(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Regulations	(3) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, amend Schedule I or II.
Idem	(4) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the method of determining
	(a) pursuant to sections 120 to 120.3, the period that an offender must serve before being eligible for parole;
	(b) pursuant to section 127, the period that an offender must serve before being entitled to statutory release; and
	(c) the manner in which subsection 139(1) applies in respect of sentences.
	61. Section 204 of the Act is repealed.
	62. Subsection 225(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Day parole eligibility of past offenders	225. (1) Subject to subsection (1.1), paragraph 119(1)(c) does not apply in respect of an offender who is serving a sentence imposed before November 1, 1992, but the corresponding provisions of the former Act and the regulations made under that Act apply in respect thereof as if they were provisions of this Act.
Where additional sentence	(1.1) Paragraph 119(1)(c) applies in respect of an offender who is serving a sentence imposed before November 1, 1992 where the offender receives an additional sentence on or after that day and, as a result, the offender is deemed, pursuant to section 139, to have been sentenced to one sentence.
	63. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 227:
Remission forfeited under Penitentiary Act	227.1 Any remission that was forfeited under subsection 25(6) of the Penitentiary Act, as that Act read immediately before November 1, 1992, is deemed, as of November 1, 1992, to be recredited and the offender continues to be subject to the order under subsection 21.4(4) of the Parole Act, as that Act read immediately before November 1, 1992, as if the order had been made under section 130 of this Act.
	64. (1) The portion of section 1 of Schedule I to the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
	1. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, that was prosecuted by way of indictment:
	(2) Section 1 of Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (o):
	(o.1) section 220 (causing death by criminal negligence);
	(o.2) section 221 (causing bodily harm by criminal negligence);
	(3) Section 1 of Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (s):
	(s.1) subsections 249(3) and (4) (dangerous operation causing bodily harm and dangerous operation causing death);
	(s.2) subsections 255(2) and (3) (impaired driving causing bodily harm and impaired driving causing death);
	(s.3) section 264 (criminal harassment);
	65. The portion of section 2 of Schedule I to the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
	2. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, as they read immediately before July 1, 1990, that was prosecuted by way of indictment:
	66. The portion of section 3 of Schedule I to the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
	3. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as they read immediately before January 4, 1983, that was prosecuted by way of indictment:
	67. Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following after section 3:
	4. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as they read immediately before January 1, 1988, that was prosecuted by way of indictment:
	(a) section 146 (sexual intercourse with a female under 14);
	(b) section 151 (seduction of a female between 16 and 18);
	(c) section 153 (sexual intercourse with step-daughter);
	(d) section 155 (buggery or bestiality);
	(e) section 157 (gross indecency);
	(f) section 166 (parent or guardian procuring defilement); and
	(g) section 167 (householder permitting defilement).
	5. The offence of breaking and entering a place and committing an indictable offence therein, as provided for by paragraph 348(1)(b) of the Criminal Code, where the indictable offence is an offence set out in sections 1 to 4 of this Schedule and its commission
	(a) is specified in the warrant of committal;
	(b) is specified in the Summons, Information or Indictment on which the conviction has been registered;
	(c) is found in the reasons for judgment of the trial judge; or
	(d) is found in a statement of facts admitted into evidence pursuant to section 655 of the Criminal Code.
	68. Schedule II to the Act is replaced by the following: