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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,
70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-233
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)
FIRST READING, February 7, 2022
Ms. Dhillon
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a justice, before making a release order in respect of an accused who is charged with an offence against their intimate partner, to consider whether it is desirable, in the interests of the safety and security of any person, to include as a condition of the order that the accused wear an electronic monitoring device.
The enactment also amends the Judges Act to provide for continuing education seminars for judges on matters related to intimate partner violence and coercive control.
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1st Session, 44th Parliament,
70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-233
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.‍S.‍, c. C-46

Criminal Code

1 (1) Subsection 515(4.‍2) of the Criminal Code is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (a.‍1) and by adding the following after that paragraph:
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(a.‍2) that the accused wear an electronic monitoring device, if the Attorney General makes the request; or
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(2) Subsection 515(4.‍3) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after that paragraph:
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(c.‍1) an offence against the accused’s intimate partner; and
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R.‍S.‍, c. J-1

Judges Act

2 Paragraph 60(2)‍(b) of the Judges Act is replaced by the following:
(b) establish seminars for the continuing education of judges, including seminars on matters related to sexual assault law and social context, which includes systemic racism and systemic discrimination, Insertion start and on matters related to intimate partner violence and coercive control Insertion end ;
3 The portion of subsection 62.‍1(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Report — seminars
62.‍1 (1) Within 60 days after the end of each calendar year, the Council should submit to the Minister a report on the seminars referred to in paragraph 60(2)‍(b) on matters related to sexual assault law and social context, which includes systemic racism and systemic discrimination, Insertion start and on matters related to intimate partner violence and coercive control Insertion end that were offered in the preceding calendar year. The report should include the following information:
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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