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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
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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
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Available on the House of Commons website
Disponible sur le site Web de la Chambre des com