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Bill C-3

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RECOMMENDATION

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 respecting DNA identification and to make consequential amendments to the Criminal Code and other Acts''.

SUMMARY

This enactment provides for the establishment of a national DNA data bank to be maintained by the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and used to assist law enforcement agencies in solving crimes.

The data bank will consist of a crime scene index containing DNA profiles derived from bodily substances found in places associated with the commission of certain types of serious offences, and a convicted offenders index containing DNA profiles obtained from persons convicted or discharged of those types of offences.

The enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide for orders authorizing the collection of bodily substances from which DNA profiles can be derived for inclusion in the DNA data bank. It also amends the Criminal Code to authorize the collection of bodily substances from offenders who meet clearly defined criteria and who are currently serving sentences.

The enactment contains specific provisions regulating the use of the bodily substances collected and the DNA profiles derived from them and the use and communication of, and access to, information contained in the data bank.