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Bill C-104

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Limitations on use of results of forensic DNA analysis

(2) No person shall use the results of forensic DNA analysis of a bodily substance that is obtained in execution of a warrant except in the course of an investigation of the designated offence or any other designated offence in respect of which a warrant was issued or a bodily substance found in the circumstances described in paragraph 487.05(1)(b) or in any proceeding for such an offence.

Offence

(3) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Destruction of bodily substances etc.

487.09 (1) A bodily substance that is obtained from a person in execution of a warrant and the results of forensic DNA analysis shall be destroyed forthwith after

    (a) the results of that analysis establish that the bodily substance referred to in paragraph 487.05(1)(b) was not from that person;

    (b) the person is finally acquitted of the designated offence and any other offence in respect of the same transaction otherwise than by reason of a verdict of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder; or

    (c) the expiration of one year after

      (i) the person is discharged after a preliminary inquiry into the designated offence or any other offence in respect of the same transaction,

      (ii) the dismissal, for any reason other than acquittal, or the withdrawal of any information charging the person with the designated offence or any other offence in respect of the same transaction, or

      (iii) any proceeding against the person for the offence or any other offence in respect of the same transaction is stayed under section 579 or under that section as applied by section 572 or 795,

unless during that year a new information is laid or an indictment is preferred charging the person with the designated offence or any other offence in respect of the same transaction or the proceeding is recommenced.

Exception

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a provincial court judge may order that a bodily substance that is obtained from a person and the results of forensic DNA analysis not be destroyed during any period that the provincial court judge considers appropriate if the provincial court judge is satisfied that the bodily substance or results might reasonably be required in an investigation or prosecution of the person for another designated offence or of another person for the designated offence or any other offence in respect of the same transaction.

Other Provisions respecting Search Warrants

R.S., c. Y-1; R.S., c. 27 (1st Supp.), c. 24 (2nd Supp.), c. 1 (3rd Supp.), c. 1 (4th Supp.); 1991, c. 43; 1992, cc. 1, 11, 47; 1993, cc. 28, 45; 1994, c. 26

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT

R.S., c. 24 (2nd Supp.), s. 34

2. (1) The Portion of subsection 44.1(1) of the Young Offenders Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Records made available

44.1 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (2.1), any record that is kept pursuant to section 40 shall, and any record that is kept pursuant to sections 41 to 43 may, on request, be made available for inspection to

(2) Section 44.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

Records of forensic DNA analysis of bodily substances

(2.1) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (5), any record that is kept pursuant to any of sections 40 to 43 and that is a record of the results of forensic DNA analysis of a bodily substance taken from a young person in execution of a warrant issued under section 487.05 of the Criminal Code may be made available for inspection under this section only under paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h) or subparagraph (1)(k)(ii).

CONDITIONAL AMENDMENT

Conditional amendment re Bill C-37

3. If Bill C-37, introduced in the first session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Young Offenders Act and the Criminal Code, is assented to, then, on the later of the day on which subsection 35(3) of that Act comes into force and the day on which this Act is assented to, subsection 487.07(4) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

Execution of warrant against young person

(4) A young person against whom a warrant is executed has, in addition to any other rights arising from his or her detention under the warrant,

    (a) the right to a reasonable opportunity to consult with, and

    (b) the right to have the warrant executed in the presence of

counsel and a parent or, in the absence of a parent, an adult relative or, in the absence of a parent and an adult relative, any other appropriate adult chosen by the young person.