Bill C-18
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment amends the Customs Act to give designated customs
officers the power to arrest without warrant and to release from custody
in all cases where arrest without warrant by a peace officer is permitted,
and release from custody by a peace officer is required, under the
Criminal Code. The enactment also gives designated customs officers
the power to deal with impaired driving offences.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES |
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Customs Act |
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Clause 1: New.
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Criminal Code |
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Clause 2: The relevant portion of subsection 498(1)
reads as follows:
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498. (1) Where a person who has been arrested without warrant by
a peace officer is taken into custody, or where a person who has been
arrested without warrant and delivered to a peace officer under
subsection 494(3) is detained in custody under subsection 503(1) for
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Clause 3: The relevant portion of subsection 503(1)
reads as follows:
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503. (1) A peace officer who arrests a person with or without warrant
or to whom a person is delivered under subsection 494(3) shall cause
the person to be detained in custody and, in accordance with the
following provisions, to be taken before a justice to be dealt with
according to law, namely,
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