P-9.2.1 - Act to assist persons who are victims of criminal offences and to facilitate their recovery

Section 15 Disposition versions

2021-10-13

15. For the purposes of this Title, the following persons who are victims are entitled to financial assistance, according to the terms prescribed by this Title:

(1)  a person who suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against them;

(2)  a parent of a child who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the child, or a person having parental authority over the child;

(3)  a child of a parent who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the parent, or a child over whom a person who is deceased or suffers such interference has parental authority;

(4)  the spouse of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the person;

(5)  a dependant of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the person;

(6)  a close relation of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the person; and

(7)  a witness to the commission of a criminal offence or to the intact scene of the offence.

A witness referred to in subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph includes

(1)  any person referred to in any of subparagraphs 2 to 6 of that paragraph who is a witness to the physical place where the criminal offence was committed against the person mentioned in those subparagraphs who is deceased or suffers the interference while the latter person and a police officer, peace officer, firefighter, pre-hospital emergency service ambulance technician or any other first responder are still at that place;

(2)  any witness who is not at the scene when the offence is committed but who is nonetheless a witness due to being in communication with the person who is a victim referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph or with the perpetrator of the offence, provided the communication

(a)  is made using a technological means;

(b)  involves an active exchange between the witness and the person who is a victim or the perpetrator of the offence;

(c)  is made without any interruptions other than the intervals required to prepare and send or receive the next element of the exchange; and

(d)  allows the witness to observe the offence, at the time of its commission, either visually, auditorily or through reading.

The intact scene corresponds to the physical place where a criminal offence was committed, as it is before a first responder mentioned in subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph arrives at that place.

2021, c. 13, s. 15.

Not in force

In force: 2021-10-13

15. For the purposes of this Title, the following persons who are victims are entitled to financial assistance, according to the terms prescribed by this Title:

(1)  a person who suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against them;

(2)  a parent of a child who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the child, or a person having parental authority over the child;

(3)  a child of a parent who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the parent, or a child over whom a person who is deceased or suffers such interference has parental authority;

(4)  the spouse of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the person;

(5)  a dependant of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the person;

(6)  a close relation of a person who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the person; and

(7)  a witness to the commission of a criminal offence or to the intact scene of the offence.

A witness referred to in subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph includes

(1)  any person referred to in any of subparagraphs 2 to 6 of that paragraph who is a witness to the physical place where the criminal offence was committed against the person mentioned in those subparagraphs who is deceased or suffers the interference while the latter person and a police officer, peace officer, firefighter, pre-hospital emergency service ambulance technician or any other first responder are still at that place;

(2)  any witness who is not at the scene when the offence is committed but who is nonetheless a witness due to being in communication with the person who is a victim referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph or with the perpetrator of the offence, provided the communication

(a)  is made using a technological means;

(b)  involves an active exchange between the witness and the person who is a victim or the perpetrator of the offence;

(c)  is made without any interruptions other than the intervals required to prepare and send or receive the next element of the exchange; and

(d)  allows the witness to observe the offence, at the time of its commission, either visually, auditorily or through reading.

The intact scene corresponds to the physical place where a criminal offence was committed, as it is before a first responder mentioned in subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph arrives at that place.

2021, c. 13, s. 15.