Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1)
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Assented to 2002-02-19
174. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 99.1:
Marginal note:Young persons
99.2 In this Part, a young person within the meaning of the Youth Criminal Justice Act with respect to whom a committal or direction under section 89, 92 or 93 of that Act has been made begins to serve his or her sentence on the day on which the sentence comes into force in accordance with subsection 42(12) of that Act.
Marginal note:R.S., c. C-46
Criminal Code
Marginal note:1995, c. 27, s. 1
175. The definitions “adult”, “provincial court judge” and “young person” in section 487.04 of the Criminal Code are replaced by the following:
“adult”
« adulte »
“adult” has the meaning assigned by subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act;
“provincial court judge”
« juge de la cour provinciale »
“provincial court judge”, in relation to a young person, includes a youth justice court judge within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act;
“young person”
« adolescent »
“young person” has the meaning assigned by subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Marginal note:1998, c. 37, s. 17
176. The portion of subsection 487.051(1) of the Act before paragraph (a), as enacted by section 17 of the DNA Identification Act, is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Order
487.051 (1) Subject to section 487.053, if a person is convicted, discharged under section 730 or, in the case of a young person, found guilty under the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act of a designated offence, the court
Marginal note:1998, c. 37, s. 17
177. Subsection 487.052(1) of the Act, as enacted by section 17 of the DNA Identification Act, is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Offences committed before DNA Identification Act in force
487.052 (1) Subject to section 487.053, if a person is convicted, discharged under section 730 or, in the case of a young person, found guilty under the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act, of a designated offence committed before the coming into force of subsection 5(1) of the DNA Identification Act, the court may, on application by the prosecutor, make an order in Form 5.04 authorizing the taking, from that person or young person, for the purpose of forensic DNA analysis, of any number of samples of one or more bodily substances that is reasonably required for that purpose, by means of the investigative procedures described in subsection 487.06(1), if the court is satisfied that it is in the best interests of the administration of justice to do so.
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