Bill C-55
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RECOMMENDATION |
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His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of
Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances,
in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act
to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and
Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and
Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General Act''.
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment amends the Criminal Code, the Corrections and
Conditional Release Act and the Criminal Records Act in respect of
offenders who present a high risk of violently reoffending.
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This enactment modifies Part XXIV of the Criminal Code by
requiring an indeterminate sentence where an offender is found to be a
dangerous offender and by changing the initial parole review for full
parole of dangerous offenders to seven years, from three, from the day
the dangerous offender was taken into custody. The enactment also
provides that a dangerous offender application could be made within six
months after conviction for a serious personal injury offence.
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The enactment adds a new category of high-risk offender to Part
XXIV of the Criminal Code: certain sex offenders, upon a conviction
and a hearing and finding of being a long-term offender, would have up
to ten years of supervision in the community ordered in addition to the
sentence for the offence.
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The enactment creates a new peace bond provision in Part XXVII of
the Criminal Code, which applies to persons who present a risk of
committing a serious personal injury offence.
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The enactment amends the Corrections and Conditional Release Act
to provide for the long-term supervision of long-term offenders and to
allow for earlier day parole review for low-risk, non-violent offenders.
A number of technical amendments are also included.
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The amendments to the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and
Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General Act are
consequential on the other amendments in the enactment.
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