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This enactment repeals and replaces the Transfer of Offenders Act,
sets out the principles that govern the international transfer of offenders
and authorizes Canada to enter into administrative agreements for the
international transfer of offenders.
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This enactment expands the class of offenders who may be
transferred, expands the class of jurisdictions with which Canada may
enter into those agreements, identifies who must consent to a transfer,
sets out how the foreign sentences of transferred young persons are to
be enforced in Canada and clarifies the sentence calculation rules that
apply to transferred Canadian offenders and aligns them with those
contained in other federal legislation. It also contains a transitional
provision and makes consequential amendments to other texts.
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Clause 39: The definition ``sentence'' in subsection
2(1) reads as follows:
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``sentence'' means a sentence of imprisonment and includes a sentence
imposed by a court of a foreign state on a Canadian offender who has
been transferred to Canada pursuant to the Transfer of Offenders Act;
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