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

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Mark Warawa  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

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 dwelling-house 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.

Similar bills

C-489 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (restrictions on offenders)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-489s:

C-489 (2010) Inco Limited Acquisition Act
C-489 (2009) Inco Limited Acquisition Act
C-489 (2007) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mass transit operators)

Votes

Dec. 4, 2013 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

December 2nd, 2013 / 11:40 a.m.

The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin

All those opposed will please say nay.

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

December 2nd, 2013 / 11:40 a.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

December 2nd, 2013 / 11:40 a.m.

The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin

In my opinion, the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Pursuant to an order made on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, the recorded division stands deferred until Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the expiry of the time provided for oral questions.

Suspension of SittingCriminal CodePrivate Members' Business

December 2nd, 2013 / 11:40 a.m.

The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin

Seeing no more business before the House, the House will now stand suspended until noon.

(The sitting of the House was suspended at 11:42)

The House resumed from December 2 consideration of the motion that Bill C-489, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (restrictions on offenders), be read the third time and passed.

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

December 4th, 2013 / 3:05 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

It being 3:05 p.m., pursuant to an order made on Tuesday, November 26, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at third reading stage of Bill C-489.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #35

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

December 4th, 2013 / 3:10 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion carried.

(Bill read the third time and passed)