Sentences with phrase «criminal code amendments»

Our Government regularly complains about activist out - of - touch judges meddling into Parliament's bailiwick by tossing out mandatory minimum sentences or invalidating Criminal Code amendments, yet over a decade in power it is that same Conservative Government that has appointed every Superior Court judge across the country.

Criminal Code amendments make up a large portion of the work of the Parliament — 811 bills since the 35th Parliament which began in 1994.

The Criminal Code amendments assented to by legislative session looks like this:

This being said, let us turn to C - 16's Criminal Code amendments.

In relation to the Criminal Code amendments, we make recommendations on issues ranging from the terrorist entities list, to the terrorist speech and propaganda provisions to the peace bond and warrantless arrest provisions.

Criminal Code amendments during the Provincial Courts era, coupled with the Court's growing reputation and expertise in criminal trials, have combined to give the Ontario Court of Justice a large and diverse volume of criminal cases.

Groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), have called for Criminal Code amendments.

The impaired driving provisions are an example of Criminal Code amendments that affected the nature and volume of criminal trials in the Provincial Courts.

For many years now, the blunt hammer of mandatory minimum sentencing has been gaining traction in repeated Criminal Code amendments.

The first bill on which I worked in the parliamentary relations program of the then National Indian Brotherhood (N.I.B.) was an omnibus criminal code amendment bill with three major provisions.

Would anyone be surprised if the next Criminal Code amendment, citing incredible damage to Canadian artists and intellectual property, created a new mandatory minimum jail sentence for Copyright Act violations?

Chairperson of the sub-committee and author of a 50 page report for the Program on the administration of justice in both official languages with respect to Criminal Code amendment recommendations by the Federal Department of Justice in «Towards a Consolidation of Language Rights in the Administration of Justice in Canada»

51 Criminal Code amendment bills have received Royal Assent since January 2001.

Thus, in order to ensure that the proposed Criminal Code amendment achieves its objective, the bill deliberately does not set a chronological age as an aggravating factor.

Not exact matches

Though the current Code of Criminal Procedure calls for «consultation» with the judiciary for all appointments to the post of public prosecutor, the requirement has been diluted through amendments in many states.

In the petition dated 15 April 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organisation expressed «serious concern that the Senate of Nigeria will any moment from now pass amendments to Public Officers Protection Act; Administration of Criminal Justice Act; Code of Conduct Bureau Act and the Code of Conduct Tribunal Act with the political objective of securing a soft - landing for the Senate President Bukola Saraki who is facing corruption charges.»

Marafa noted, «They had listed for amendments, Public Officers Protection Act; Administration of Criminal Justice Act; Code of Conduct Bureau Act and the Code of Conduct Tribunal Act.

Persons found to have fallen foul of this law are liable to a prison term ranging from five years to 25 years, per Section 104 of the Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2003.

Amendments to the Criminal Code: For almost 20 years, Humane Canada has spearheaded a campaign to push for much - needed amendments to Canada's outdated animal cruAmendments to the Criminal Code: For almost 20 years, Humane Canada has spearheaded a campaign to push for much - needed amendments to Canada's outdated animal cruamendments to Canada's outdated animal cruelty laws.

Barbara has drafted, consulted on and secured amendments to provincial and federal legislation, including updates to the Criminal Code, the Migratory Bird Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

Amendments to the Criminal Code in 2014 related to warrants for a «transmission data recorder» may make it easier for police to obtain court permission to use an IMSI - catcher, but that remains unclear, says Parsons.

Bill 202 complements recent amendments to the Criminal Code in Bill C - 13, Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, S.C. 2014, c. 31, which added a new s. 162.1 and similar legislation in provinces such as Manitoba's Intimate Image Protection Act, CCSM c I87.

He noted the amendments to the Criminal Code in 2014.

In an attempt to address this, our federal government has introduced amendments to the Criminal Code.

The recent amendments to the Criminal Code mandating a number of mandatory minimum sentences are likely to increase Canada's rate of incarceration.

Charter of Rights and Freedoms: The Crown brought a dangerous offender application; following the hearing and submissions, counsel for Donald Joseph Boutilier served a notice of constitutional question in relation to several amendments to s. 753 of the Criminal Code.

Does a sentence within the statutory maximum under the Criminal Punishment Code violate either the Due Process Clause or Eighth Amendment when it is significantly greater than the lowest permissible sentence on the defendant's scoresheet or the offered plea and grossly disproportionate to the median sentence imposed for similar crimes within the jurisdiction?

During Parliamentary debates in late 1975 and early 1976, Members expressed mixed views of the proposed amendment to the Criminal Code.

In 1975 the federal government, led by Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, introduced an amendment to the Criminal Code that changed the procedure for appeal from a summary conviction proceeding.

For example, it is understood that the recent amendment to Article 257 of the UAE Penal Code (which had the effect of extending the law such that arbitrators that fail to maintain the requirements of integrity and impartiality may be found guilty of a criminal offence and sentenced to imprisonment) will be amended or repealed this year, although the scope or nature of the any forthcoming amendment is as yet unknown.

Like the earlier amendments to the Criminal Code, the POA abolished appeals by way of trial de novo except in cases where the appeal court is of the opinion that a trial de novo will better serve the interests of justice.

Since the Bill C - 45 amendments to the Criminal Code, serious workplace accidents have attracted the risk of both criminal and OHS investigations and proseCriminal Code, serious workplace accidents have attracted the risk of both criminal and OHS investigations and prosecriminal and OHS investigations and prosecutions.

The amendments to the Criminal Code also affected appeals in family law matters.

This is the first time an Ontario company has been criminally convicted for workplace deaths since the amendment to the Criminal Code in 2004.

On Feb. 16 at his blog Crime & Federalism, he noted the indictment of a Connecticut lawyer «in what appears to be a test case of a Sarbanes - Oxley amendment to the federal criminal code.»

On June 1st 2017 amendments to the Criminal Code of Serbia came into force, which regulate the field of fraud / white collar crime significantly better than the previous law.

One was an important housekeeping change to ensure that Bill C - 279's changes to the Criminal Code hate crimes provisions would be consistent with recent amendments that were part of Bill C - 13, the Protecting Canadians from On Line Crime Act.

Despite the 2002 amendments to the Criminal Code, the conviction review process continues to be criticized for a variety of reasons.

Roach's text examines some of the existing powers in the Criminal Code that can be used against suspected terrorists, and discusses the issues surrounding proposed amendments that would expand powers of Canadian intelligence services.

Legislation Commented On: Bill C - 46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, 1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 2017 Parliament is toting marihuana legalization as a necessary public safety measure.

Back in August 2010, Ontario joined the ranks of Provinces who took advantage of amendments to the Criminal Code permitting the creation of reduced suspension terms with ignition of Interlock programs for impaired drivers.

The amendment uses the same definition of «child pornography» as is used in the Criminal Code (Canada)-- s. 163.1 (1)-- and has included that definition under The Child and Family Services Act's existing definition of «child abuse».

It will legislate An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other acts (to give Bill C - 51 its full, and frightening, name).

While a number of provinces have enacted whistleblower legislation, the federal government set the bar nationally with amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada that were adopted in 2004.

Bill C - 16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code, passed third reading, without amendment, in the Senate on June 15, 2017.

A defendant's ability to challenge the accuracy of the breath readings with evidence to the contrary has been severely restricted by the July 2, 2008 amendments to the Criminal Code in Bill C - 2.

Bill C - 51 (An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act) was tabled in Parliament yesterday to modernize the Canadian Criminal Code by repealing or updating a variety of the unconstitutional, outdated or unused provisions that still exist.

CCLA is focusing on the new powers and crimes created by Bill C - 51 with specific attention to the broad and rash information sharing pursuant to the new Security of Canada Information Sharing Act, and amendments to the CSIS Act, and Criminal Code, which all affect powers of preventive arrest, longer pre-charge detentions, lowered thresholds for peace bonds, and increased powers of CSIS.

Although the First Amendment analysis could resolve the overarching constitutional question under s. 2 (b) of the Charter that protects freedom of expression and media communication, specific provisions of wiretap law, governed in Canada by Part VI of the Criminal Code, would also have to be considered.

And unlike the Constitution, which contains a complex amendment process, Parliament can easily amend the Criminal Code tomorrow.