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Bill C-23

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CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

R.S., c. A-1

Access to Information Act

22. Schedule II to the Access to Information Act is amended by adding, in alphabetical order, a reference to

Sex Offender Information Registration Act

    Loi sur l'enregistrement de renseignements sur les délinquants sexuels

and a corresponding reference in respect of that Act to ``subsection 16(4)''.

R.S., c. C-47

Criminal Records Act

2000, c. 1, s. 4

23. Paragraph 5(b) of the Criminal Records Act is replaced by the following:

    (b) unless the pardon is subsequently revoked or ceases to have effect, requires the judicial record of the conviction to be kept separate and apart from other criminal records and removes any disqualification to which the person so convicted is, by reason of the conviction, subject by virtue of the provisions of any Act of Parliament, other than section 109, 110, 161, 259 or 490.03 of the Criminal Code or subsection 147.1(1) of the National Defence Act, or of a regulation made under an Act of Parliament.

COORDINATING PROVISIONS

2002, c. 1

24. On the later of the coming into force of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, chapter 1 of the Statutes of Canada, 2002, and this Act,

    (a) the definition ``ordinary court'' in subsection 490.02(1) of the Criminal Code is repealed;

    (b) the definition ``young person'' in subsection 490.02(1) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

``young person''
« adolescent »

``young person'' has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

    (c) subsection 490.02(2) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

Interpretation

(2) For the purpose of this section and sections 490.03 to 490.09, ``person'' includes a young person, if the young person is liable to an adult sentence for the offence in question.

Bill C-20

25. If Bill C-20, introduced in the 2nd Session of the 37th Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act (the ``other Act''), receives royal assent, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 6 of the other Act and the coming into force of this Act, subparagraph (b)(i) of the definition ``designated offence'' in subsection 490.02(1) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

        (i) section 162 (voyeurism),

        (i.1) subsection 173(1) (indecent acts),

COMING INTO FORCE

Coming into force

26. This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.