Bill C-436
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1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-436 |
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An Act to amend the Canadian Security
Intelligence Service Act
(recommendations of the Review
Committee)
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| R.S., c. C-23;
R.S., c. 1 (4th
Supp.); 1993,
c. 34; 1995, c.
5; 1996, c. 18
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1. The Canadian Security Intelligence
Service Act is amended by adding the
following after section 52:
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| Recommen- dations to be implemented
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52.1 (1) Where a recommendation is made
pursuant to section 52 that relates to the
Service or to an organization mentioned in
section 29, the Director or the deputy head
concerned shall implement the
recommendation as soon as practicable after
the expiry of thirty days after receiving the
recommendation unless, within the thirty
days, the Minister has overruled the
recommendation.
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| Report to
Parliament
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(2) Where the Minister overrules a
recommendation, the Minister shall cause to
be laid before both Houses of Parliament,
within twenty sitting days of so doing, a report
giving the reasons for overruling the
recommendation, unless the Minister is of the
opinion that the reasons must not be disclosed
because of security, in which case the report
shall state why they must not be disclosed.
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