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1 This Act may be cited as the Department of the Solicitor General Act.

Establishment of the Department

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• 2 (1) There is hereby established a department of the Government of Canada called the Department of the Solicitor General over which the Solicitor General of Canada appointed by commission under the Great Seal shall preside.

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  (2) The Solicitor General holds office during pleasure and has the management and direction of the Department.

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3 The Governor in Council may appoint an officer called the Deputy Solicitor General to hold office during pleasure and to be the deputy head of the Department.

Powers, Duties and Functions of the Solicitor General

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4 The powers, duties and functions of the Solicitor General extend to and include all matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction, not by law assigned to any other department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, relating to

• (a) reformatories, prisons and penitentiaries;

• (b) parole, remissions, statutory release and long-term supervision within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act;

• (c) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; and

• (d) the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Annual Report

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5 The Solicitor General shall, on or before January 31 next following the end of each fiscal year or, if Parliament is not then sitting, on any of the first five days next thereafter that either House of Parliament is sitting, submit to Parliament a report showing the operations of the Department for that fiscal year.