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Second
Session, 46th General Assembly 58
Elizabeth II, 2009 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE
VICTIMS OF |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................................................... |
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Committee............................................................................................................................................ |
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Royal Assent...................................................................................................................................... |
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HONOURABLE
FELIX COLLINS Minister of Justice and Attorney General |
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Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE This Bill would amend the Victims of Crime Services Act to require
peace officers to provide information concerning victims to the Victims of
Crime Services Division. What
information and in what form it would be provided would be the subject of
regulations that the Minister of Justice would be authorized to make. |
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A AN ACT TO AMEND THE VICTIMS OF Analysis 1.
S.15 Added Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 cV-5 1. The Victims of Crime Services Act is amended by adding immediately after section 14 the following: Peace officers to provide information 15. (1) A peace officer shall provide to the Victims of Crime Services Division the information in his or her possession about a victim that the minister may require by regulation. (2) The information referred to in subsection (1) shall be provided in the form and the detail required by the regulations. (3) In this section “peace officer” means (a) a member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary; or (b) a member of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police stationed in the province. ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer |