Bill C-250
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2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48 Elizabeth II, 1999
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-250 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail in
cases of assault with weapon or criminal
harassment)
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| 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, c. 5
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1. Subsection 515(1) of the Criminal Code
is replaced by the following:
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| Release on
undertaking
with
conditions,
etc.
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515. (1) Subject to this section, where an
accused who is charged with an offence other
than
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is taken before a justice, the justice shall,
unless a plea of guilty by the accused is
accepted, order, in respect of that offence, that
the accused be released on his giving an
undertaking without conditions, unless the
prosecutor, having been given a reasonable
opportunity to do so, shows cause, in respect
of that offence, why the detention of the
accused in custody is justified or why an order
under any other provision of this section
should be made, and where the justice makes
an order under any other provision of this
section, the order shall refer only to the
particular offence for which the accused was
taken before the justice.
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| Cases where
no release
permitted
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(1.1) Where an accused is
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no court, judge or justice may release the
accused before or after the accused has been
ordered to stand trial.
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2. Section 522 of the Criminal Code is
repealed.
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