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| First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, | |
| 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 | |
| STATUTES OF CANADA 2023 | |
| CHAPTER 7 | |
| An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the | |
| Judges Act (violence against an intimate | |
| partner) | |
| ASSENTED TO | |
| APRIL 27, 2023 | |
| BILL C-233 | |
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| SUMMARY | |
| This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a justice, | |
| before making a release order in respect of an accused who is | |
| charged with an offence against their intimate partner, to consid- | |
| er whether it is desirable, in the interests of the safety and secu- | |
| rity of any person, to include as a condition of the order that the | |
| accused wear an electronic monitoring device. | |
| The enactment also amends the Judges Act to provide for con- | |
| tinuing education seminars for judges on matters related to inti- | |
| mate partner violence and coercive control in intimate partner | |
| and family relationships. | |
| Available on the House of Commons website at the following address: | |
| www.ourcommons.ca | |
| 2021-2022-2023 | |
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| 70-71 ELIZABETH II – 1 CHARLES III | |
| CHAPTER 7 | |
| An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges | |
| Act (violence against an intimate partner) | |
| [Assented to 27th April, 2023] | |
| His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent | |
| of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, | |
| enacts as follows: | |
| R.S., c. C-46 | |
| Criminal Code | |
| 1 (1) Subsection 515(4.2) of the Criminal Code is | |
| amended by striking out “or” at the end of para- | |
| graph (a.1) and by adding the following after that | |
| paragraph: | |
| (a.2) that the accused wear an electronic monitoring | |
| device, if the Attorney General makes the request; or | |
| (2) Paragraph 515(4.3)(c) of the Act is replaced by | |
| the following: | |
| (c) an offence in the commission of which violence | |
| against a person was used, threatened or attempted, | |
| including against the accused’s intimate partner; and | |
| R.S., c. J-1 | |
| Judges Act | |
| 2 Paragraph 60(2)(b) of the Judges Act is re- | |
| placed by the following: | |
| (b) establish seminars for the continuing education of | |
| judges, including seminars on matters related to sexu- | |
| al assault law, intimate partner violence, coercive con- | |
| trol in intimate partner and family relationships and | |
| social context, which includes systemic racism and | |
| systemic discrimination; | |
| 3 The portion of subsection 62.1(1) of the Act be- | |
| fore paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: | |
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| Report — seminars | |
| 62.1 (1) Within 60 days after the end of each calendar | |
| year, the Council should submit to the Minister a report | |
| on the seminars referred to in paragraph 60(2)(b) on | |
| matters related to sexual assault law, intimate partner vi- | |
| olence, coercive control in intimate partner and family | |
| relationships and social context, which includes systemic | |
| racism and systemic discrimination, that were offered in | |
| the preceding calendar year. The report should include | |
| the following information: | |
| Coming into Force | |
| 4 This Act comes into force on the 30th day after | |
| the day on which it receives royal assent. | |
| Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons | |
| 2021-2022-2023 | |
| Chapter 7: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against | |
| an intimate partner) | |
| Judges Act | |
| Sections 3-4 | |
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| Available on the House of Commons website | |
| Disponible sur le site Web de la Chambre des com | |