Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1)

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

• — 2026, c. 11, s. 71

  • 71 Section 115 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.1):

    • For greater certainty

      (1.2) For greater certainty, the police force may keep a record of an investigation in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed by a young person even if the investigation did not result in a charge or extrajudicial measures were not used to deal with that young person.

• — 2026, c. 11, s. 72

  • • 72 (1) Subsection 119(2) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

      • (a.1) if an extrajudicial measure, other than an extrajudicial sanction, is used to deal with the young person, the period ending two years from the day on which the decision to use the extrajudicial measure is made;

      • (a.2) if the young person is the subject of an investigation referred to in subsection 115(1.2), two years from the day on which the young person ceases to be the subject of the investigation;

    • (2) Section 119 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

      • Records — certain investigations

        (4.1) Access to a record kept in respect of an investigation referred to in subsection 115(1.2) is to be given only to the following persons for the following purposes:

        • (a) a peace officer or the Attorney General, in order to make a decision under this Act in respect of the young person to whom the investigation relates; and

        • (b) a peace officer, for the purpose of investigating an offence.

      • Evidence of investigation — inadmissible

        (4.2) Evidence that forms a part of a police investigation referred to in subsection 115(1.2) in respect of a young person is inadmissible for the purpose of proving prior offending behaviour in any proceedings before a court in respect of the young person.