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Corrections and Conditional Release Act

Version of section 2 from 2005-04-04 to 2008-07-01:


Marginal note:Definitions

  •  (1) In this Part,

    Commissioner

    commissaire

    Commissioner means the Commissioner of Corrections appointed pursuant to subsection 6(1); (commissaire)

    contraband

    objets interdits

    contraband means

    • (a) an intoxicant,

    • (b) a weapon or a component thereof, ammunition for a weapon, and anything that is designed to kill, injure or disable a person or that is altered so as to be capable of killing, injuring or disabling a person, when possessed without prior authorization,

    • (c) an explosive or a bomb or a component thereof,

    • (d) currency over any applicable prescribed limit, when possessed without prior authorization, and

    • (e) any item not described in paragraphs (a) to (d) that could jeopardize the security of a penitentiary or the safety of persons, when that item is possessed without prior authorization; (objets interdits)

    day parole

    semi-liberté

    day parole has the same meaning as in Part II; (semi-liberté)

    inmate

    détenu

    inmate means

    • (a) a person who is in a penitentiary pursuant to

      • (i) a sentence, committal or transfer to penitentiary, or

      • (ii) a condition imposed by the National Parole Board in connection with day parole or statutory release, or

    • (b) a person who, having been sentenced, committed or transferred to penitentiary,

      • (i) is temporarily outside penitentiary by reason of a temporary absence or work release authorized under this Act, or

      • (ii) is temporarily outside penitentiary for reasons other than a temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release, but is under the direction or supervision of a staff member or of a person authorized by the Service; (détenu)

    institutional head

    Version anglaise seulement

    institutional head, in relation to a penitentiary, means the person who is normally in charge of the penitentiary; (Version anglaise seulement)

    intoxicant

    substance intoxicante

    intoxicant means a substance that, if taken into the body, has the potential to impair or alter judgment, behaviour or the capacity to recognize reality or meet the ordinary demands of life, but does not include caffeine, nicotine or any authorized medication used in accordance with directions given by a staff member or a registered health care professional; (substance intoxicante)

    long-term supervision

    surveillance de longue durée

    long-term supervision means long-term supervision ordered under paragraph 753.1(3)(b), or subparagraph 759(3)(a)(i), 759(4)(a)(ii) or 759(4.2)(a)(i) of the Criminal Code; (surveillance de longue durée)

    Minister

    ministre

    Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; (ministre)

    offender

    délinquant

    offender means

    • (a) an inmate, or

    • (b) a person who, having been sentenced, committed or transferred to penitentiary, is outside penitentiary

      • (i) by reason of parole or statutory release,

      • (ii) pursuant to an agreement referred to in subsection 81(1), or

      • (iii) pursuant to a court order; (délinquant)

    parole

    libération conditionnelle

    parole has the same meaning as in Part II; (libération conditionnelle)

    penitentiary

    pénitencier

    penitentiary means

    • (a) a facility of any description, including all lands connected therewith, that is operated, permanently or temporarily, by the Service for the care and custody of inmates, and

    • (b) any place declared to be a penitentiary pursuant to section 7; (pénitencier)

    prescribed

    Version anglaise seulement

    prescribed means prescribed by regulation; (Version anglaise seulement)

    sentence

    peine ou peine d'emprisonnement

    sentence means a sentence of imprisonment and includes a sentence imposed by a foreign entity on a Canadian offender who has been transferred to Canada under the International Transfer of Offenders Act and a youth sentence imposed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act; (peine ou peine d'emprisonnement)

    Service

    Service

    Service means the Correctional Service of Canada described in section 5; (Service)

    staff member

    agent

    staff member means an employee of the Service; (agent)

    statutory release

    libération d’office

    statutory release has the same meaning as in Part II; (libération d’office)

    victim

    victime

    victim

    • (a) means a person to whom harm was done or who suffered physical or emotional damage as a result of the commission of an offence, and

    • (b) where the person is dead, ill or otherwise incapacitated, the person’s spouse, an individual who is cohabiting, or was cohabiting at the time of the person’s death, with the person in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year, any relative or dependant of the person, or anyone who has in law or fact custody or is responsible for the care or support of the person; (victime)

    visitor

    visiteur

    visitor means any person other than an inmate or a staff member. (visiteur)

  • Marginal note:Exercise of powers, etc.

    (2) Except as otherwise provided by this Part or by regulations made under paragraph 96(b),

    • (a) powers, duties and functions that this Part assigns to the Commissioner may only be exercised or performed by the Commissioner or, where the Commissioner is absent or incapacitated or where the office is vacant, by the person acting in the place of the Commissioner; and

    • (b) powers, duties and functions that this Part assigns to the institutional head may only be exercised or performed by the institutional head or, where the institutional head is absent or incapacitated or where the office is vacant, by the person who, at the relevant time, is in charge of the penitentiary.

  • 1992, c. 20, s. 2
  • 1995, c. 42, s. 1
  • 1997, c. 17, s. 11
  • 2000, c. 12, s. 88
  • 2002, c. 1, s. 171
  • 2004, c. 21, s. 39
  • 2005, c. 10, s. 34

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