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BRITISH COLUMBIA RULES OF
PRACTICE RESPECTING
APPLICATIONS AND HEARINGS
CONCERNING REDUCTION IN THE
NUMBER OF YEARS OF
IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT
ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE

(SOR/92-746)
December 15, 1992  


     The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, pursuant to subsection 745(5) of the Criminal Code, hereby makes the annexed British Columbia Rules of Practice respecting applications and hearings concerning a reduction in the number of years of imprisonment without eligibility for parole.

    Vancouver, British Columbia, December 11, 1992

HONOURABLE W. A. ESSON   
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTIONS
SHORT TITLE 1
INTERPRETATION 2
PART I
APPLICATION
CONTENTS OF APPLICATION 3
AFFIDAVIT 4
FILING OF APPLICATION 5
SERVICE 6
DESIGNATION OF JUDGE 7
NOTICE 8
PART II
PRELIMINARY HEARING
PROCEDURE 9
PAROLE ELIGIBILITY REPORT 10-13
PART III
HEARING OF APPLICATION
JURY 14
POWERS OF JUDGE 15-16
ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE 17
ADDRESS TO THE JURY 18
DECISION OF JURY 19
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