Bill S-235
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- Canadian Victims Bill of Rights Canadian Victims Bill of Rights
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Second Session, Forty-third Parliament, 69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights (posting of information about the victim)
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FIRST READING, June 9, 2021
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Boisvenu |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights by adding a right relating to the posting, by the offender, of information about the victim.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en |
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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament, 69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-235 |
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An Act to amend the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights (posting of information about the victim) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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1 This Act may be cited as the Véronique Barbe Act.
2015, c. 13, s. 2
Canadian Victims Bill of Rights
2 The Canadian Victims Bill of Rights is amended by adding the following after section 11:
Posting of information about the victim
Start of inserted block11.1 Every victim has the right to have reasonable and necessary measures taken by the appropriate authorities in the criminal justice system to prohibit the offender from posting any information about the victim on the Internet.
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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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