Safe Streets and Communities Act (S.C. 2012, c. 1)
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Assented to 2012-03-13
Related Amendments
Marginal note:1992, c. 20
Corrections and Conditional Release Act
Marginal note:2004, c. 21, s. 39
196. The definition “sentence” in subsection 2(1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act is replaced by the following:
“sentence”
« peine » ou « peine d’emprisonnement »
“sentence” means a sentence of imprisonment and includes
(a) a sentence imposed by a foreign entity on a Canadian offender who has been transferred to Canada under the International Transfer of Offenders Act, and
(b) a youth sentence imposed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act consisting of a custodial portion and a portion to be served under supervision in the community subject to conditions under paragraph 42(2)(n) of that Act or under conditional supervision under paragraph 42(2)(o), (q) or (r) of that Act;
197. Paragraphs 99(2)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(a) any period during which the offender could be entitled to statutory release;
(b) in the case of a youth sentence imposed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the portion to be served under supervision in the community subject to conditions under paragraph 42(2)(n) of that Act or under conditional supervision under paragraph 42(2)(o), (q) or (r) of that Act; or
(c) any remission that stands to the credit of the offender on November 1, 1992.
Marginal note:R.S., c. P-20
Prisons and Reformatories Act
Marginal note:2002, c. 1, s. 196(2)
198. The definition “sentence” in subsection 2(1) of the Prisons and Reformatories Act is replaced by the following:
“sentence”
« peine »
“sentence” includes a youth sentence imposed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act consisting of a custodial portion and a portion to be served under supervision in the community subject to conditions under paragraph 42(2)(n) of that Act or under conditional supervision under paragraph 42(2)(o), (q) or (r) of that Act.
Marginal note:1995, c. 42, s. 82(1)
199. (1) Subsection 6(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Remission
6. (1) Subject to subsection (7.2), every prisoner serving a sentence, other than a sentence on conviction for criminal or civil contempt of court where the sentence includes a requirement that the prisoner return to that court, shall be credited with 15 days of remission of the sentence in respect of each month and with a number of days calculated on a pro rata basis in respect of each incomplete month during which the prisoner has earned that remission by obeying prison rules and conditions governing temporary absence and by actively participating in programs, other than full parole, designed to promote prisoners’ rehabilitation and reintegration as determined in accordance with any regulations made by the lieutenant governor of the province in which the prisoner is imprisoned.
Marginal note:2002, c. 1, s. 197
(2) Subsections 6(7.1) and (7.2) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Transfer or committal to prison
(7.1) When a prisoner is transferred from a youth custody facility to a prison as the result of the application of section 743.5 of the Criminal Code, the prisoner is credited with full remission under this section for the portion of the sentence that the offender served in the youth custody facility as if that portion of the sentence had been served in a prison.
Marginal note:Exceptional date of release
(7.2) When a prisoner who was sentenced to custody under paragraph 42(2)(n), (o), (q) or (r) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act is transferred from a youth custody facility to a prison under section 92 or 93 of that Act, or is committed to imprisonment in a prison under section 89 of that Act, the prisoner is entitled to be released on the date on which the custody portion of his or her youth sentence under paragraph 42(2)(n), (o), (q) or (r) of that Act expires.
Marginal note:2002, c. 1, s. 197
(3) The portion of subsection 6(7.3) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Effect of release
(7.3) When a prisoner is committed or transferred in accordance with section 89, 92 or 93 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act and, in accordance with subsection (7.2), is entitled to be released,
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