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Versions of s. 258(4)

C-46 — Criminal Code · 2 versions

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2008-07-02 to 2018-12-18 View Source
    AIf, at the time a sample of an accused’s blood is taken, an additional sample is taken and retained, a judge of a superior court of criminal jurisdiction or a court of criminal jurisdiction shall, on the summary application of the accused made within six months fromafter the day on which samples of the blood of the accusedsamples were taken, order the release of one of the samples for the purpose of an examination or analysis thereof,analysis, subject to suchany terms asthat appear to be necessary or desirable to ensure the safeguarding ofthat the sample is safeguarded and its preservationpreserved for use in any proceedings in respect of which it was retained.taken.
    Full text

    If, at the time a sample of an accused’s blood is taken, an additional sample is taken and retained, a judge of a superior court of criminal jurisdiction or a court of criminal jurisdiction shall, on the summary application of the accused made within six months after the day on which the samples were taken, order the release of one of the samples for the purpose of examination or analysis, subject to any terms that appear to be necessary or desirable to ensure that the sample is safeguarded and preserved for use in any proceedings in respect of which it was taken.

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2008-07-02 View Source

    A judge of a superior court of criminal jurisdiction or a court of criminal jurisdiction shall, on the summary application of the accused made within six months from the day on which samples of the blood of the accused were taken, order the release of one of the samples for the purpose of an examination or analysis thereof, subject to such terms as appear to be necessary or desirable to ensure the safeguarding of the sample and its preservation for use in any proceedings in respect of which it was retained.