Bill C-3
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
|
|
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.
|
|