Bill C-55 · 40th Parliament · Stephen Harper
Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Shoker Act
An Act to amend the Criminal Code
Government bill. Died when Parliament ended.
- IntroducedOct. 30, 2009
- Debated in principleNot reached
- Studied by a committeeNot reached
- Passed its first chamberNot reached
- Passed the second chamberNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Leading supporters
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- Stephen HarperPrime Minister
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What it set out to do
The following executive summary is available: On 30 October 2009, the Minister of Justice introduced Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Shoker Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. In 2006, the Supreme Court of Canada, in the decision R. v. Shoker, decided that such demands for bodily samples were unlawful. As a result, police and probation officers have been unable to obtain blood and other samples under probation orders, Bill C-52 amends the Criminal Code to re-establish the discretion of a court to impose conditions requiring bodily samples to be provided to police and probation officers on demand or at regular intervals where the court sees fit to prohibit the individual from consuming drugs and alcohol in order to enforce compliance with a prohibition on consuming drugs or alcohol imposed in a probation order, a conditional sentence order or a recognizance under section 810, 810.01, 810.1 or 810.2 of the Criminal Code.
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