Mr. Chair, this defence provision was modelled after an existing one in the Contraventions Act. There are actually two parts to that scheme, as we've discussed in a fair bit of detail, in relation to clause 75. That was modelled after a section in the Contraventions Act. This creation of an offence provision under part VII, in other words, one triable in a civil court, even though it's created under the National Defence Act, is meant to fulfill exactly the same policy purposes as those which Parliament has already created in the Contraventions Act, which is to say that it gives some teeth to a prohibition against people improperly asking questions about a conviction in respect of which a record wasn't created.
On March 4th, 2013. See this statement in context.