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Subject(s)

• Children—Legal status, laws, etc—Canada [Browse]
• Social work with children—Canada [Browse]
• Child welfare—Canada [Browse]
• People with disabilities—Legal status, laws, etc—Canada [Browse]

Related name

• Canada. Department of Justice [Browse]
• Bala, Nicholas C. [Browse]

Summary note

Bill C-2, An act to amend the criminal code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) received royal assent on July 21, 2005 (S.C. 2005, c.32). The Bill contained a package of amendments to the Criminal code and the Canada evidence act designed to facilitate testimony by child victims and vulnerable adults, which came into force on January 2, 2006.

Notes

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Executive summary.
• 1. Introduction. 1.1. Background; 1.2. Purpose of the project; 1.3. Methodology. 1.3.1. Case law and Canadian literature review; 1.3.2. Survey of judges
• 1.4. Limitations.
• 2. Review of Bill C-2 Case law and legal literature. 2.1. The competence of child witnesses: Canada evidence act s. 16.1. 2.1.1. Elements of testimonial competence under 2. 16.1; 2.1.2. The "promise to tell the truth"; 2.1.3. Conduct of the competency examination; 2.1.4. Constitutionality of Section 16.1 of the Canada evidence act; 2.1.5. Inherent authority to instruct child
• 2.2. Accommodating child witnesses: Introduction. 2.2.1. Support person s. 486.1; 2.2.2. Use of a screen or closed-circuit television: 2. 486.2; 2.2.3. Preventing questioning by self-represented accused: s. 486.3; 2.2.4. Video-recorded evidence: ss. 715.1 and 715.2.
• 3. Results of the survey of judges. 3.1. Demographics of survey respondents; 3.2. Judges' use and perceptions of Bill C-2; 3.3. Judges' experiences with the provisions contained in Bill C-2. 3.3.1. Competency inquiries; 3.3.2. Support persons; 3.3.3. Screens and closed-circuit television; 3.3.4. Counsel appointed for self-represented accused; 3.3.5. Video-recorded evidence
• 3.4. Questioning of children
• 3.5. General comments
• 3.6. Summary of survey results --- 4. Discussion and conclusions
• Appendix A
• Appendix B.

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Issued also in French under title

• Projet de loi C-2, loi modifiant le Code criminel, protection des enfants et d'autres personnes vulnérables

Publisher no.

228452

OCLC

758080239

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