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1 This Act may be cited as the Offender Rehabilitation Act . R.S., c.
46 Criminal Code Amendments to the Act
2 The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 729.1: Additional Measures Measures to be taken 729.2 (1)
For the purposes of protecting society and facilitating an offender’s successful reintegration into the community, a court may, by order, in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed for the offence committed, prescribe that the offender take one or more of the following measures during the custodial period of their sentence or during any period that the court may specify: (a) participate in a program for training or apprenticeship in professional or technical skills or in any other program relating to prospective employment, subject to the availability of the program and the program director’s acceptance of the offender; (b) if appropriate, write to the victim of the offence or to any other person who may have been affected by the commission of the offence to acknowledge the harm suffered by the person or the community as a result of the commission of the offence and the impact of the offence on the person or the community; (c) if the offender agrees, and subject to the availability of the program and the program director’s acceptance of the offender, participate in a treatment program approved by the province; and (d) take any other measure specified in the order that the court considers desirable. Reasonable efforts (2)
The offender must make all reasonable efforts to take the prescribed measures within the period specified by the court.
3 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 743.2: Report by court to Correctional Service — subsection 729.2(1) orders 743.
201 The court must also forward to the Correctional Service of Canada information relating to any prescribed measures that the offender may be required to take in accordance with an order made under subsection 729.2(1). 1992, c.
20 Related Amendments to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act
4 Subparagraph 15.1(1)(b)(iii) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act is replaced by the following: (iii) the meeting of their court-ordered obligations, including restitution to victims, child support or measures prescribed in an order made under subsection 729.2(1) of the Criminal Code .
5 Paragraph 28(c) of the Act is replaced by the following: (c) the availability of appropriate programs and services, including any programs that the person may be required to complete in accordance with an order made under subsection 729.2(1) of the Criminal Code , and the person’s willingness to participate in those programs.
6 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 76: Prescribed programs for offenders 76.
1 In determining the programs that are to be provided, the Service must take into account any programs that offenders may be required to complete during the custodial period of their sentence in accordance with an order made under subsection 729.2(1) of the Criminal Code .
7 Paragraph 101(a) of the Act is replaced by the following: (a) parole boards take into consideration all relevant available information, including the stated reasons and recommendations of the sentencing judge, the nature and gravity of the offence, the degree of responsibility of the offender, information from the trial or sentencing process and information obtained from victims, offenders and other components of the criminal justice system, including assessments provided by correctional authorities and reports on the progress made by the offender with regard to any prescribed measures that they were required to take in accordance with an order made under subsection 729.2(1) of the Criminal Code ; 1996, c.
19 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
8 Paragraph 10(2)(a) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of subparagraph (iii), by adding “or” after subparagraph (iv) and by adding the following after subparagraph (iv): (v) trafficked in a substance included in item 16 of Schedule I in quantities that indicate trafficking on a large scale, or possessed such quantities for the purpose of trafficking;
