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Latest revision as of 14:50, 8 August 2024

August 8, 2024

Pour ceux d'entre vous qui travaillent dans le système de justice pénale en utilisant la langue française. Il existe maintenant une traduction française (expérimentale) du site Web : http://carnetdroitpenal.ca

July 7 to 14, 2024

I have migrated the site to a new server. It has caused some problems that I believe are now finally all resolved. Please be patient if anything more comes up in the next few days.

March 1, 2024

Supreme Court of Canada in R v Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6 (CanLII), per Martin J (5:4) finds that IP addresses are protected by a reasonable expectation of privacy and its seizure by police can be protected under s. 8 of the Charter.

January 4, 2024

Bill C-48, amending various bail provisions, came into force.

December 15, 2023

Amendments come into force that modify various parts of the Code concerning firearms.

October 26, 2023

Amendments come into force that change publication ban rules and update SOIRA provisions in light of R v Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38.

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-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">December 15, 2022</div>
+<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">August 8, 2024</div>
-Two new offences relating to [[Miscellaneous_Offences_Against_the_Person#Trafficking_in_Human_Organs|trafficking in human organs]] came into force.
+Pour ceux d'entre vous qui travaillent dans le système de justice pénale en utilisant la langue française. Il existe maintenant une traduction française (expérimentale) du site Web : http://carnetdroitpenal.ca
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">November 17, 2022</div>
+<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">July 7 to 14, 2024</div>
-[[List_of_Criminal_Code_Amendments_(2020_to_present)#2022,_c._15|Amendments come into force]] that removes minimum jail sentences for various firearms, weapons and drug trafficking-related offences and expands [[Conditional Sentences|conditional sentence]] eligibility to include most previously ineligible offences. It also introduced Part I.1 to the CDSA, which directs police and Crown to consider non-criminal options for all drug possession offences.
+I have migrated the site to a new server. It has caused some problems that I believe are now finally all resolved. Please be patient if anything more comes up in the next few days.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">October 28, 2022</div>
+<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">March 1, 2024</div>
-Supreme Court of Canada in {{CanLIIR|Ndhlovu|jsnhh|2022 SCC 38 (CanLII)}}{{perSCC|Karakatsanis and Martin JJ}} strikes down the provisions requiring offenders convicted of multiple sexual offences to be put on the sexual offender registry for life. The law violated s. 7 of the ''Charter'' for being "overbroad".
+Supreme Court of Canada in ''R v Bykovets'', [https://canlii.ca/t/k358f 2024 SCC 6 (CanLII)], per Martin J (5:4) finds that IP addresses are protected by a reasonable expectation of privacy and its seizure by police can be protected under s. 8 of the ''Charter''.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">June 30, 2022</div>
+<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">January 4, 2024</div>
-Supreme Court of Canada in {{CanLIIR|JJ|jq1d8|2022 SCC 28 (CanLII)}}{{perSCC|Wagner CJ and Moldaver J}} upholds the constitutionality of the statutory protections to [[Admission of Records for Sexual Offences|complainants' personal information]] found in s. 278.92 to 278.94 of the Code.
+Bill C-48, [[List_of_Criminal_Code_Amendments_(2020_to_present)#2023,_c._30|amending various bail provisions]], came into force.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">June 23, 2022</div>
+<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">December 15, 2023</div>
-Amendments coming into force rewriting s. 33.1 of the Code concerning the [[Prohibition on Intoxication Defences (Unconstitutional)|extreme intoxication defence for certain violent offences]].
+[[List_of_Criminal_Code_Amendments_(2020_to_present)#2023,_c._32|Amendments come into force]] that modify various parts of the Code concerning firearms.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">May 27, 2022</div>
+<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">October 26, 2023</div>
-Supreme Court of Canada in {{CanLIIR|Bissonnette|jpf5d|2022 SCC 23 (CanLII)}}{{perSCC|Wagner CJ}} declares s. 745.51 of the Code unconstitutional, removing the statutory requirement that the periods of parole ineligibility for multiple murders be served consecutively.
+[[List_of_Criminal_Code_Amendments_(2020_to_present)#2023,_c._28|Amendments come into force]] that change publication ban rules and update [[SOIRA Orders|SOIRA provisions]] in light of ''R v Ndhlovu'', 2022 SCC 38.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">May 13, 2022</div>
-Supreme Court of Canada in {{CanLIIR|Sullivan|jp64b|2022 SCC 19}}{{perSCC|Kasirer J}} declares s. 33.1 of the Code unconstitutional, removing the statutory prohibition against [[Prohibition on Intoxication Defences (Unconstitutional)|self-induced intoxication defences]] for certain offences.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">January 16, 2022</div>
-Amendments creating a new offences relating to [[Intimidation Impeding Health Services (Offence)|impeding health care services]] came into force.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">January 7, 2022</div>
-Amendments creating new offences relating to [[Conversion Therapy (Offence)|conversion therapy]] came into force.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">May 6, 2021</div>
-An amendment, [[Sexual_Offences#Reasons_for_Judgement|adding s. 278.98 to the ''Criminal Code'']], came into force.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">April 8, 2021</div>
-''Feature Update'': Look up offences quickly using the "Quick Access" link on the Navigation sidebar.
-<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">May 8, 2020</div>
-''Feature Update'': Quotations from most legislation now include an option to note up the provision on CanLII.