Clause 3 proposes to amend the conditional sentence provisions of the Criminal Code in the same manner that the bill proposed to amend the probation provisions in clause 2. For the same reasons, we are proposing to amend clause 3 to require the consent of the victim, witness, or other persons to be given in written or in some other manner approved by the court, and to require a court to state on the record, instead of providing written reasons, its decision for not imposing a condition prohibiting an offender from communicating with a victim.
On November 7th, 2013. See this statement in context.