An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) (S.C. 2005, c. 43)

Marginal note:1999, c. 25, s. 2(1)

• 4. (1) Subsection 486(1.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Protection of witnesses under 18

    (1.1) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2.3) and for greater certainty, the proper administration of justice includes ensuring that the interests of witnesses under the age of eighteen years are safeguarded in proceedings in which the accused is charged with a sexual offence, an offence against any of sections 271 to 273 and 279.01 to 279.03 or an offence in which violence against the person is alleged to have been used, threatened or attempted.

• Marginal note:2002, c. 13, s. 20

  (2) Subsection 486(2.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Testimony outside court room

    (2.1) Despite section 650, if an accused is charged with an offence under section 151, 152, 153, 153.1, 155 or 159, subsection 160(2) or (3) or section 163.1, 170, 171, 172, 173, 210, 211, 212, 213, 266, 267, 268, 271, 272, 273, 279.01, 279.02 or 279.03 and the complainant or any witness, at the time of the trial or preliminary inquiry, is under the age of eighteen years or is able to communicate evidence but may have difficulty doing so by reason of a mental or physical disability, the presiding judge or justice, as the case may be, may order that the complainant or witness testify outside the court room or behind a screen or other device that would allow the complainant or witness not to see the accused, if the judge or justice is of the opinion that the exclusion is necessary to obtain a full and candid account of the acts complained of from the complainant or witness.

• Marginal note:1999, c. 25, s. 2(2)

  (3) Subparagraph 486(3)(a)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (i) an offence under section 151, 152, 153, 153.1, 155, 159, 160, 170, 171, 172, 173, 210, 211, 212, 213, 271, 272, 273, 279.01, 279.02, 279.03, 346 or 347,

5. Paragraph (a) of the definition “primary designated offence” in section 487.04 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (xvi):

6. Paragraph (b) of the definition “designated offence” in subsection 490.011(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (vii):

Marginal note:1995, c. 22, s. 6

7. Paragraph 738(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following: