4th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 32

THE VICTIMS' BILL OF RIGHTS AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. V55 amended

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The Victims' Bill of Rights is amended by this Act.

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Section 24 of the French version is replaced with the following:

Droit d'être informé sur les services d'aide juridique

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Le directeur général de la Société d'aide juridique du Manitoba veille à ce que les victimes qui en font la demande reçoivent des renseignements concernant, à la fois :

a) la possibilité d'obtenir des conseils juridiques sur leurs droits;

b) le droit de demander d'autres services d'aide juridique.

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Section 25 is amended

(a) by adding "or an application is made under section 278.93 of the Code to determine whether evidence about the victim or records relating to the victim are admissible" at the end; and

(b) in the French version, by adding "qui en font la demande" after "victimes".

4(1)

Subsection 54.1(2) is amended by striking out "if the victim has" and substituting "to a victim if they have".

4(2)

Subsection 54.1(3) is amended, in the part before clause (a), by striking out "under this Part if" and substituting "to a victim under this Part if".

4(3)

Subsection 54.1(4) is amended

(a) in the section heading, by striking out "conviction for non-prescribed offences" and substituting "victim's convictions";

(b) by adding "to a victim, the spouse or common- law partner of a victim or a parent, child or sibling of a victim" after "under this Part"; and

(c) by striking out "— other than a prescribed offence —".

Coming into force

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This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.