Bill 202 explained in plain English
Provincial Offences Statute Law Amendment Act (Jury Trials), 2011
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill allows individuals charged with certain provincial offences to elect a trial by judge and jury.
Bill 202, the Provincial Offences Statute Law Amendment Act (Jury Trials), 2011, allows individuals charged with certain provincial offences to opt for a trial by judge and jury. This option is available if the offence carries a potential fine of $25,000 or more, involves property seizure, or a jail sentence. It also applies if a conviction is likely to lead to the suspension or termination of a professional licence or a business licence. The bill outlines how juries are selected, the requirement for unanimous verdicts, and the jury's ability to make sentencing recommendations. It also amends the Juries Act to allow the Lieutenant Governor in Council to create regulations for applying the Juries Act to jury trials under the Provincial Offences Act.
- Amends the Provincial Offences Act to permit defendants to choose a trial by judge and jury under specific circumstances.
- Specifies the criteria for electing a jury trial, including the potential penalty for the offence or the likelihood of a conviction impacting professional or business licences.
- Establishes that a jury will consist of 12 people, selected according to the Juries Act.
- Requires jury verdicts to be unanimous and allows for a new jury to be empanelled if the original jury cannot reach a verdict.
- Enables juries to make recommendations regarding sentencing.
- Amends the Juries Act to allow for regulations concerning the application of jury trial procedures to provincial offences.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Individuals charged with provincial offences in Ontario.
- Judges presiding over provincial offence trials.
- Potential jurors.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council.
- Defendants charged with certain provincial offences have the right to elect a trial by judge and jury.
- Juries must reach a unanimous verdict.
- Juries may make recommendations to the court regarding sentencing.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the process or timelines for selecting a jury.
- The bill does not detail the specific types of property that could be seized as a penalty.
- The bill does not list all regulated professions or health professions for which a conviction might impact a licence.
- The bill does not specify the exact scope of "business" for licence suspension or termination.
- Section 46.1 (1) of the Provincial Offences Act, as amended, does not apply to trials undertaken for the purposes of section 44 of that Act.
Adds new sections (46.1, 46.2, 46.3) that allow defendants to elect a jury trial for certain provincial offences, outline jury composition and trial procedures, and permit jury recommendations on sentencing.
Source: Section 1
Adds a subsection that allows a jury to provide sentencing recommendations.
Source: Section 2
Adds a section (37.1) that enables the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations concerning the application of the Juries Act to jury trials in proceedings under the Provincial Offences Act.
Source: Section 3
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