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Bill C-444

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2nd Session, 36th Parliament,
48-49 Elizabeth II, 1999-2000

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-444

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (judicial review)

R.S., c. C-46; R.S., cc. 2, 11, 27, 31, 47, 51, 52 (1st Supp.), cc. 1, 24, 27, 35 (2nd Supp.), cc. 10, 19, 30, 34 (3rd Supp.), cc. 1, 23, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 42, 50 (4th Supp.); 1989, c. 2; 1990, cc. 15, 16, 17, 44; 1991, cc. 1, 4, 28, 40, 43; 1992, cc. 1, 11, 20, 21, 22, 27, 38, 41, 47, 51; 1993, cc. 7, 25, 28, 34, 37, 40, 45, 46; 1994, cc. 12, 13, 38, 44; 1995, cc. 5, 19, 22, 27, 29, 32, 39, 42; 1996, cc. 7, 8, 16, 19, 31, 34; 1997, cc. 9, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30, 39; 1998, cc. 7, 9, 15, 30, 34, 35, 37; 1999, cc. 2, 3, 5, 17, 18, 25, 28, 31, 32

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. Sections 745.6, 745.61, 745.62, 745.63 and 745.64 of the Criminal Code are repealed.

2. The portion of section 746 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Time spent in custody

746. In calculating the period of imprisonment served for the purposes of section 745, 745.1, 745.4 or 745.5, there shall be included any time spent in custody between

NON-APPLICATION OF BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

Non-applicati on of Canadian Bill of Rights

3. Sections 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall operate notwithstanding the Canadian Bill of Rights.

Non-applicati on of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

4. Sections 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall operate notwithstanding sections 7 to 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

5. No person who was or may have become entitled to make an application for judicial review under section 745.6 of the Criminal Code, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 1, may make an application for judicial review under that section of the Criminal Code after the coming into force of section 1.

6. Every application for judicial review that was made under section 745.6 of the Criminal Code, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 1, and that had not yet been disposed of before that coming into force, shall not be disposed of after the coming into force of section 1.

7. No person who was or may have become entitled to appeal to the Court of Appeal from a decision or determination in respect of an application for judicial review under section 745.62 of the Criminal Code, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 1, may appeal from that determination or decision under that section of the Criminal Code after the coming into force of section 1.

8. Every appeal to the Court of Appeal from a determination or a decision in respect of an application for judicial review that was made under section 745.62 of the Criminal Code, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 1, and that had not yet been disposed of before that coming into force shall not be disposed of after the coming into force of section 1.