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Y-1.5 — Youth Criminal Justice Act · 2 versions · View current text

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

2026-07-18 to present available View Source

AND WHEREAS Canadian society should have a youth criminal justice system that commands respect, takes into account the interests of ~~victims,~~victims and the rights that they have under the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights, fosters responsibility and ensures accountability through meaningful consequences and effective rehabilitation and reintegration, and that reserves its most serious intervention for the most serious crimes and reduces the over-reliance on incarceration for non-violent young persons;

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AND WHEREAS Canadian society should have a youth criminal justice system that commands respect, takes into account the interests of victims and the rights that they have under the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights, fosters responsibility and ensures accountability through meaningful consequences and effective rehabilitation and reintegration, and that reserves its most serious intervention for the most serious crimes and reduces the over-reliance on incarceration for non-violent young persons;
2019-09-19 to 2026-07-18 View Source

AND WHEREAS Canadian society should have a youth criminal justice system that commands respect, takes into account the interests of victims, fosters responsibility and ensures accountability through meaningful consequences and effective rehabilitation and reintegration, and that reserves its most serious intervention for the most serious crimes and reduces the over-reliance on incarceration for non-violent young persons;