SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to provide that any person who receives a sentence as a result of being convicted of an indictable offence while on conditional release must serve the remainder of the original sentence and at least two-thirds of the new sentence.

In addition, it provides that, if a person has been convicted on more than one occasion of an indictable offence committed while on conditional release, the person will not be eligible for conditional release in respect of any new sentence.

This enactment also provides for the repeal of sections 742 to 742.7 of the Criminal Code and the elimination of cross-references to these sections in other provisions of the Code, including some that are not yet in force. Sections 742 to 742.7 allow the courts to impose conditional sentences, which are served in the community, in respect of convictions for offences for which a minimum term of imprisonment is not prescribed.