First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
STATUTES OF CANADA 2023
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)
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ASSENTED TO
April 27, 2023
BILL C-233 |
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 in intimate partner and family relationships.
Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III |
CHAPTER 7 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner) |
[Assented to 27th April, 2023]
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His 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
(a.2) that the accused wear an electronic monitoring device, if the Attorney General makes the request; or
(c) an offence in the commission of which violence against a person was used, threatened or attempted, including against the accused’s intimate partner; and
R.S., c. J-1
(b) establish seminars for the continuing education of judges, including seminars on matters related to sexual assault law, intimate partner violence, coercive control in intimate partner and family relationships and social context, which includes systemic racism and systemic discrimination;
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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