Bill S-206

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors)

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is, or will soon become, law.

Summary

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 provide that the prohibition against the disclosure of information relating to jury proceedings does not apply, in certain circumstances, in respect of disclosure by jurors to health care professionals.

Similar bills

S-212 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors)
S-207 (43rd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors)
C-417 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors)

Elsewhere

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 S-206s:

S-206 (2020) An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Châteauguay—Lacolle
S-206 (2019) An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)
S-206 (2015) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children against standard child-rearing violence)
S-206 (2013) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children against standard child-rearing violence)
S-206 (2011) Law World Autism Awareness Day Act
S-206 (2010) Board of Directors Gender Parity Act

Votes

Sept. 28, 2022 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill S-206, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors)
May 18, 2022 Passed 2nd reading of Bill S-206, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors)

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

December 14th, 2021 / 10:10 a.m.

Conservative

Michael Cooper Conservative St. Albert—Edmonton, AB

moved that Bill S-206, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors), be read the first time.

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to be the sponsor of Bill S-206, which passed in the Senate unanimously last week. This bill would implement a key recommendation of the unanimous 2018 justice committee report on juror supports initiated by the member for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, who I am proud to have as the seconder.

More specifically, this bill would carve out a narrow exception to the jury secrecy rule so that former jurors who are suffering from mental health issues arising from their jury service could disclose all aspects of that service, including the deliberation process, with a medical professional bound by confidentiality. It would protect the integrity of the rule while seeing that former jurors could get the help that they need and deserve.

This bill is identical to Bill C-417 that I introduced, which passed this House unanimously in 2019. This is a common-sense, non-partisan bill that has enjoyed unanimous support. I urge its speedy passage.

(Motion agreed to and bill read the first time)