Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Issue 15 - Eleventh Report of the Committee

Thursday, October 8, 2009

The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its

ELEVENTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (limiting credit for time spent in pre-sentencing custody), has, in obedience to the order of reference of Tuesday, June 16, 2009, examined the said Bill and now reports the same with the following amendments:

1. Page 1, clause 2: Replace lines 10 and 11 with the following:

"orders that the accused be detained in custody, on the basis of one or more grounds set out in subsection (10), primarily because of evidence of a previous conviction of''.

2. Clause 3:

(a) Page 1:

(i) Replace line 21 with the following:

"to a maximum of one and one-half days for each day spent in'', and

(ii) Replace lines 24 and 25 with the following:

"stances justify it, the maximum is two days for each day spent in custody unless''; and

(b) Page 2: Replace lines 14 and 15 with the following:

"(3.4) Failure to comply with subsection (3.3) does not affect the validity of the''.

Respectfully submitted,

JOAN FRASER

Chair