Bill C-53 · 40th Parliament · Stephen Harper
Fair and Efficient Criminal Trials Act
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mega-trials)
Government bill. Died when Parliament ended.
- IntroducedNov. 2, 2010
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- Stephen HarperPrime Minister
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What it set out to do
On 1 November 2010, the Minister of Justice introduced Bill C-53, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mega-trials) (Fair and Efficient Criminal Trials Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. Bill C-53 amends the Criminal Code. Among other things it • allows for the appointment of a judge as a case management judge; • defines the role and the powers of a case management judge; • allows a joint hearing of preliminary motions involving similar evidence that arise in related but separate trials. • allows for delayed severance orders; • streamlines the use of direct indictments preferred under section 577; • improves the protection of the identity of jurors; • increases the maximum number of jurors who can hear the evidence on the merits; and • provides that, in the case of a mistrial, certain decisions made during the trial are binding on the parties in any new trial.
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