Bill S-281
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (parole review)
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FIRST READING, November 8, 2023
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR BOISVENU |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to provide that, in the case of an offender who is serving a sentence for first degree murder or second degree murder, parole is reviewed in accordance with the statutory time frames — not on application by the offender — once the Board has decided not to grant day or full parole to the offender or to cancel or terminate the offender’s parole.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en |
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-281 |
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An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (parole review) |
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1992, c. 20
Corrections and Conditional Release Act
1 Section 122 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):
No application — murder
Start of inserted block(4.1) Despite subsection (4), in the case of an offender who is serving a sentence for first degree murder or second degree murder within the meaning of section 231 of the Criminal Code, no further application for day parole may be made if, following a review, the Board does not grant day parole or cancels or terminates parole.
End of inserted block2 Section 123 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (6):
No application — murder
Start of inserted block(6.1) Despite subsection (6), in the case of an offender who is serving a sentence for first degree murder or second degree murder within the meaning of section 231 of the Criminal Code, no further application for full parole may be made if, following a review, the Board does not grant full parole or cancels or terminates parole.
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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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