Bill C-33

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	SUMMARY
	This enactment repeals and replaces the Transfer of Offenders Act, sets out the principles that govern the international transfer of offenders and authorizes Canada to enter into administrative agreements for the international transfer of offenders.
	This enactment expands the class of offenders who may be transferred, expands the class of jurisdictions with which Canada may enter into those agreements, identifies who must consent to a transfer, sets out how the foreign sentences of transferred young persons are to be enforced in Canada and clarifies the sentence calculation rules that apply to transferred Canadian offenders and aligns them with those contained in other federal legislation. It also contains a transitional provision and makes consequential amendments to other texts.
	EXPLANATORY NOTE
	Corrections and Conditional Release Act
	Clause 39: The definition ``sentence'' in subsection 2(1) reads as follows:
	``sentence'' means a sentence of imprisonment and includes a sentence imposed by a court of a foreign state on a Canadian offender who has been transferred to Canada pursuant to the Transfer of Offenders Act;