Truth in Sentencing Act
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (limiting credit for time spent in pre-sentencing custody)
This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.
This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.
Rob Nicholson Conservative
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to specify the extent to which a court may take into account time spent in custody by an offender before sentencing.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-25s: