An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors)
Bill S-206 (44-1) was a Senate Private Member's Bill that amended the Criminal Code to create a narrow exception to the jury-secrecy rule, letting a former juror disclose details of the jury's deliberations to a licensed health-care professional for treatment after the trial ends. Before this, the secrecy rule barred even therapeutic disclosure, leaving jurors who developed stress or trauma from a difficult trial unable to discuss it with a therapist. The change followed years of advocacy by former jurors. The bill received royal assent in 2022 and is now law.
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Lets former jurors talk to a licensed mental-health professional about the deliberations after a trial, a narrow exception to the jury-secrecy rule that had blocked even therapeutic disclosure. A Senate bill; it became law in 2022.
Issues this bill touches
- Democratic Renewal & Electoral Reform
Criminal Code disclosure of information by jurors.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the Senate.
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Second reading in the Senate.
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Third reading in the Senate.
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First reading in the House of Commons.
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Second reading in the House of Commons.
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Third reading in the House of Commons.
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Royal assent received.
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