Sentences with phrase «young offenders act»

-- Manitoba, Department of Justice, Report on Manitoba public consultations on the Young Offenders Act.

The most significant reform to affect the Court while Thomson was at the Department of Justice was the replacement of the Young Offenders Act by the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Extensive research was conducted and many meetings were held to determine what role SLS could play in the new Young Offenders Act scheme.

(3) The Ontario Court of Justice is a youth court for the purposes of the Young Offenders Act (Canada) and a youth justice court for the purposes of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada).

Legal Education, under director Mark Asbell, foresaw a role for SLS in this area pending the proclamation of the Young Offenders Act.

The Minister, at the request of a competent authority, may make a request to a State or entity for the extradition of a person for the purpose of prosecuting the person for — or imposing or enforcing a sentence, or making or enforcing a disposition under the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y - 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, in respect of — an offence over which Canada has jurisdiction.

There was no specific provision for victims under the Young Offenders Act and the Act was criticized for not adequately recognizing the interests and needs of victims.

The first UFC established in Hamilton in 1977 had been given jurisdiction over juvenile delinquency proceedings and this continued with the introduction of the Young Offenders Act of 1984 — at least for youth up to their 16th birthdays.

(1) Every person who contravenes subsection 110 (1)(identity of offender not to be published), 111 (1)(identity of victim or witness not to be published), 118 (1)(no access to records unless authorized) or 128 (3)(disposal of R.C.M.P. records) or section 129 (no subsequent disclosure) of this Act, or subsection 38 (1)(identity not to be published), (1.12)(no subsequent disclosure), (1.14)(no subsequent disclosure by school) or (1.15)(information to be kept separate), 45 (2)(destruction of records) or 46 (1)(prohibition against disclosure) of the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y - 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Others stressed the greater accountability aspects of the Young Offenders Act, the benefit of having one court deal with all young offenders and the developing expertise of the criminal law judges of the Provincial Court in this area.

Not exact matches

Middle School and High School classes would focus on training and equipping young people on how offenders think and act.

The movie's title refers to the act of transferring a young offender from a juvenile detention center to an adult penitentiary prematurely, and in the case of 19 - year - old Eric Love (Jack O'Connell), he's been relocated two years early due to the frequency and severity of his violent outbursts.

(1) Subject to s. 487.053, if a person is convicted, discharged under s. 730 or, in the case of a young person, found guilty under the Young Offender's Act, c. Y 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act, of a designated offence, the young person, found guilty under the Young Offender's Act, c. Y 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act, of a designated offence, the Young Offender's Act, c. Y 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act, of a designated offence, the court

Since April 1, 2003, young offenders have been subject to the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA).

Young Legal Aid Lawyers co-chairs Oliver Carter and Rachel Francis presented an introduction to YLAL and a brief history of legal aid, from the Poor Prisoners Defence Act 1903, which introduced criminal legal aid for defendants in the higher criminal courts, to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO»), which wholly or partially removed a number of areas of law from the scope of legal aid.