Proposed Regulation: Samples of Bodily Substances Regulations

A lawyer in my office pointed out the Samples of Bodily Substances Regulations published in the Canada Gazette Part I (proposed regulations) on June 1, 2013. This proposed regulation was drafted as part of legislative reform that was required as part of the decision in R. v. Shoker. and the related Response to the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Shoker Act which was assented to in March of 2011. as the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statment points out:

This Act amends the probation, conditional sentence and peace bond provisions of the Criminal Code to provide explicit authority for a court to include a condition that an offender must provide a bodily sample on demand or at regular intervals to police and probation officers. The Act is not yet in force.

Proposed regulations offer Canadians a final opportunity to make representations and there is a short window for comments.

Interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed Regulations within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. All such representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part Ⅰ, and the date of publication of this notice, and be addressed to Doug Hoover, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice, 284 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H8 (tel.: 613-952-1991; fax: 613-941-9310; email: doug.hoover@justice.gc.ca).

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