2002 Yellowknife NT AUGUST 18-22, 2002 CRIMINAL LAW SECTION MINUTES

Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction of the Police 1) That the ULC receive the Report of the Joint Criminal Law and Civil Law Committee on the Extra Jurisdictional Authority of Police Officers; 2) That the ULC direct that model provincial/territorial legislation (Uniform Act) on the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction of Police Officers be developed and presented to the 2003 ULC (with commentaries); and 3) T. [...] 2) That the Chairpersons of the Criminal Section and the Civil Section establish a joint working group to report to the Conference at its 2003 meeting: a) as to whether provincial legislation should be developed to address the issues raised in the report and in the deliberations of the conference; and b) if so, as to the elements that should be included in a Uniform Act. [...] The SCJHR made no recommendations regarding the possible content of the legislation, however it recommended that “the government table in the house legislation to deal with the criminal liability of corporations, officers, and directors.” The Government will table a detailed response to the report in the fall of 2002. [...] Because of the events of September 11 and the role of the United Nations Terrorism Prevention Branch (which is part of the Secretariat servicing the Crime Commission) in relation to terrorism, the agenda was also modified to allow the Commission to address the issue of terrorism. [...] (Carried 21-0-3) ITEM 3 Period of Detention of Things Seized That section 490 of the Criminal Code be amended to allow the ex parte application for the extension of the period for the detention of things seized and allow the sealing of information given for that purpose when acting otherwise would be harmful to the administration of justice.