An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (restrictions on offenders) (S.C. 2014, c. 21)

• Published date: 03 September 2014
• Section: Part III - Acts of Parliament
• Gazette Issue: 2 - [object Object]

S.C. 2014, c. 21

Assented to 2014-06-19

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (restrictions on offenders)

SUMMARY

This enactment amends section 161 of the Criminal Code to require a court to consider making an order prohibiting certain offenders from being within two kilometres, or any other distance specified in the order, of any dwellinghouse where the victim identified in the order resides or of any other place specified in the order. It also amends subsection 732.1(2) (probation) to ensure that the offender abstains from communicating with any victim, witness or other person identified in a probation order, or refrains from going to any place specified in the order, except in accordance with certain conditions. It makes similar amendments to section 742.3 (conditional sentence orders) and subsection 810.1(3.02) (conditions of recognizance).

The enactment also amends section 133 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to provide that the releasing authority may impose any conditions on the parole, statutory release or unescorted temporary absence of an offender that it considers reasonable and necessary in order to protect the victim or the person, including a condition that the offender abstain from having any contact, including communication by any means, with the victim or the person or from going to any specified place.

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-46CRIMINAL CODE

1. Subsection 161(1) of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

• (a.1) being within two kilometres, or any other distance specified in the order, of any dwelling-house where the victim identified in the order ordinarily resides or of any other place specified in the order;

• 2. (1) Subsection 732.1(2) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

  • (a.1) abstain from communicating, directly or indirectly, with any victim, witness or other person identified in the order, or refrain from going to any place specified in the order, except in accordance with the conditions specified in the order that the court considers necessary, unless

    • (i) the victim, witness or other person gives their consent or, if the victim, witness or other person is a minor, the parent or guardian, or any other person who has the lawful care or charge of them, gives their consent, or

    • (ii) the court decides that, because of exceptional...