Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1)

RELATED PROVISIONS

• — 2012, c. 1, par. 163(c)

  • Pending applications — references in other legislation

    163 A reference to an application for a record suspension in the following provisions, as enacted by this Part, is deemed also to be a reference to an application for a pardon that is not finally disposed of on the day on which this section comes into force:

    • (c) paragraph 82(1)(d) and subparagraphs 119(1)(n)(iii) and 120(4)(c)(iii) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

• — 2012, c. 1, par. 165(f)

  • Pardons in effect — references in other legislation

    165 A reference to a record suspension in the following provisions, as enacted by this Part, is deemed also to be a reference to a pardon that is granted or issued under the Criminal Records Act:

    • (f) subsection 128(5) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

• — 2012, c. 1, s. 195

  • Offences committed before this section in force

    195 Any person who, before the coming into force of this section, while he or she was a young person, committed an offence in respect of which no proceedings were commenced before that coming into force shall be dealt with under the Youth Criminal Justice Act as amended by this Part as if the offence occurred after that coming into force, except that

    • (a) the definition violent offence in subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, as enacted by subsection 167(3), does not apply in respect of the offence;

    • (b) paragraph 3(1)(a) of that Act, as enacted by subsection 168(1), does not apply in respect of the offence;

    • (c) paragraph 38(2)(f) of that Act, as enacted by section 172, does not apply in respect of the offence;

    • (d) paragraph 39(1)(c) of that Act, as enacted by section 173, does not apply in respect of the offence; and

    • (e) section 75 of that Act, as enacted by section 185, does not apply in respect of the offence.

• — 2014, c. 25, s. 45.1

  • Review

    • 45.1 (1) Within five years after this section comes into force, a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act shall be undertaken by such committee of the House of Commons as may be designated or established by the House for that purpose.

    • Report

      (2) The committee referred to in subsection (1) shall, within a year after a review is undertaken pursuant to that subsection or within such further time as the House may authorize, submit a report on the review to the Speaker of the House, including a statement of any changes the committee recommends.

• — 2019, c. 25, s. 384

  • Subsection 59(10)

    384 Subsection 59(10) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act does not apply to the sentence for an offence committed before the coming into force of that subsection.

• — 2026, c. 11, s. 75

  • Definition of Act

    • 75 (1) In this section and sections 76 to 78, Act means the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

    • Words and expressions

      (2) Unless the context requires otherwise, words and expressions used in sections 76 to 78 have the same meaning as in the Act.

• — 2026, c. 11, s. 76

  • Pending requests — records relating to extrajudicial measures

    • 76 (1) Paragraph 119(2)(a.1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 72(1), applies in respect of requests for access to records relating to extrajudicial measures, other than extrajudicial sanctions, that have been made before the day on which that subsection 72(1) comes into force but for which access was not yet given before that day.

    • For greater certainty — records relating to extrajudicial measures

      (2) For greater certainty, paragraph 119(2)(a.1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 72(1), applies in respect of records relating to extrajudicial measures, other than extrajudicial sanctions, that were created before the day on which that subsection 72(1) comes into force and in respect of which a request for access is made on or after the day on which subsection 72(1) comes into force.

• — 2026, c. 11, s. 77

  • Pending request — records relating to investigations

    • 77 (1) Paragraph 119(2)(a.2) and subsections 119(4.1) and (4.2) of the Act, as enacted by subsections 72(1) and (2), apply in respect of requests for access to records relating to an investigation referred to in subsection 115(1.2) of the Act, as enacted by section 71, that have been made before the day on which those subsections 72(1) and (2) come into force but for which access was not yet given before that day.

    • For greater certainty — records relating to investigations

      (2) For greater certainty, paragraph 119(2)(a.2) and subsections 119(4.1) and (4.2) of the Act, as enacted by subsections 72(1) and (2), apply in respect of records relating to an investigation referred to in subsection 115(1.2) of the Act, as enacted by section 71, that were created before the day on which those subsections 72(1) and (2) come into force and in respect of which a request for access is made on or after the day on which subsections 72(1) and (2) come into force.

• — 2026, c. 11, s. 78

  • Clarification — certain offences

    • 78 (1) For greater certainty, the provisions of the Act, as enacted by sections 59, 63 to 67 and 69, apply only with respect to an offence that is committed on or after the day on which those sections come into force.

    • Clarification — application

      (2) For greater certainty, the provisions of the Act, as enacted by sections 60 to 62, 68, 70, 71, 73 and 74, also apply with respect to any matter or proceeding that is ongoing on the day on which those sections come into force.