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Versions of s. 753(4.1)

C-46 — Criminal Code · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2008-07-02 to present available View Source
    IfThe thecourt applicationshall was made after the offender begins to serve the sentence inimpose a case to which paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) apply, the sentence of detention in a penitentiary for an indeterminate period referredunless toit inis subsectionsatisfied (4) replacesby the sentenceevidence adduced during the hearing of the application that wasthere imposedis fora reasonable expectation that a lesser measure under paragraph (4)(b) or (c) will adequately protect the offencepublic foragainst whichthe commission by the offender wasof convicted.murder or a serious personal injury offence.
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    The court shall impose a sentence of detention in a penitentiary for an indeterminate period unless it is satisfied by the evidence adduced during the hearing of the application that there is a reasonable expectation that a lesser measure under paragraph (4)(b) or (c) will adequately protect the public against the commission by the offender of murder or a serious personal injury offence.

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2008-07-02 View Source

    If the application was made after the offender begins to serve the sentence in a case to which paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) apply, the sentence of detention in a penitentiary for an indeterminate period referred to in subsection (4) replaces the sentence that was imposed for the offence for which the offender was convicted.