New to the 2010 edition:
- Tackling of Violent Crime Act:
- S.C. 2008, c. 6 received Royal Assent on February 28, 2008.
Sections 18 - 27 and 39 and 53 of the Act came into force on July 2, 2008. They
include amendments to the Code which: establish a new regime for the detection
and investigation of drug-impaired driving; increase the mandatory minimum
sentences for impaired driving and "driving over" simpliciter; increase the
maximum sentence for such offences in summary proceedings to 18 months'
imprisonment; make "driving over" causing death and "driving over" causing
bodily harm strictly indictable offences subject to the same maximum penalties
as their impaired driving counterparts; introduce parallel penalties for
failing and refusing to comply with a demand for bodily substances in
circumstances involving death and bodily harm; impose a reverse onus on certain
repeat offenders in dangerous offender proceedings; double the recognizance
period under ss. 810.1 and 810.2 for certain repeat offenders; and add to the
list of conditions that can be imposed under those sections.
- Sentencing amendments (the majority of which came into
force on October 1, 2008) include those which: clarify the application of
penalties for impaired driving offences; allow for the delay of sentencing
proceedings so that an offender can participate in an approved treatment
program; double the maximum fine in summary proceedings; permit the suspension
of a CSO or probation order pending appeal; and authorize the forfeiture of
property used in child luring upon conviction of that offence.
- Other significant amendments include those which clarify the
application of trial language provisions and require the translation of
documents upon application by the accused and those which re-classify
possession of break-in instruments as a hybrid offence.
The Pocket Criminal Code also includes a comprehensive
Index, a Table of Contents, a Concordance for each statute, and the Forms of
Charges from The Police Officer’s Manual for the main Criminal Code
offences and for offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the
Firearms Act and the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The Federal statutes
and regulations in this edition are current to May 1, 2009, except where
otherwise noted.
This is an annual publication. The 2010 edition was
released August 2009. |
