An Act to amend the Criminal Code

Short title: Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Shoker Act Bill C-30 (40-3) Status: Royal assent received Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice (Niagara Falls) Latest stage: Royal assent

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On 31 May 2010, the Minister of Justice introduced Bill C-30,

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Shoker Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.

In 2006, the Supreme Court of Canada, in the decision R. v. Shoker, decided that such demands for bodily samples were unlawful. As a result, police and probation officers have been unable to obtain blood and other samples under probation orders,

Bill C-30 amends the Criminal Code to re-establish the discretion of a court to impose conditions requiring bodily samples to be provided to police and probation officers on demand or at regular intervals where the court sees fit to prohibit the individual from consuming drugs and alcohol in order to enforce compliance with a prohibition on consuming drugs or alcohol imposed in a probation order, a conditional sentence order or a recognizance under

section 810, 810.01, 810.1 or 810.2 of the Criminal Code. House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2010-05-31) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2010-12-10) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: Completed (2010-12-10) House of Commons — Report stage: Completed (2010-12-10) House of Commons — Third reading: Completed (2010-12-10) Senate — First reading: Completed (2010-12-13) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2011-03-03) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2011-03-10) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2011-03-21)

LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/40-3/c-30