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FORM A

(Section 3)

CANADA
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

IN THE MATTER OF_________________________, an application for a reduction in the
                                        (give full name of applicant)
number of years of imprisonment without eligibility for parole pursuant to section 745 of the Criminal Code
__________________________
 
To the Honourable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia:
 
    1.  I,____________________________, born on _____________________and detained at
            (give full name of the applicant)                    (applicant's date of birth)
_____________________________hereby apply, pursuant to section 745 of the Criminal
(name and place of the institution)
Code, for the number of years of imprisonment during which I will not be eligible for parole
with respect to the sentence imposed on me on _____________________at
                                                                                           (give date of sentencing)
_________________to be reduced to___________________.
  (give place of trial)                                 (give number of years)
    2.  Since my arrest for the offence set out in paragraph 3, I have been detained in the
following institutions: __________________________________________________________
                                          __________________________________________________________
                                          __________________________________________________________
                                                      (Give a COMPLETE list of the names and places of the
                                                     institutions in which the applicant has been detained and
                                                          specify the date of entry into each of the institutions)
    3.  The sentence referred to in paragraph 1 was imposed on me for the following offence: _______________________________________________________.
             (Indicate the offence for which the applicant was
               convicted and give the date of the conviction)
    4.  The sentence imposed on me was ______________________________and the number
                                                                           (give a description of the sentence)
of years of imprisonment without eligibility for parole was set at ______________________.                                                                                                                            (give number of years).
                                                                                                                 (Indicate whether the sentence
                                                                                                                 has been commuted and, if so,
                                                                                                                 give the date of commutation).
    5.  In addition to the sentence referred to in paragraph 1, as of the date of this application
I am also serving the following sentences: _________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
(Give a list of any other sentence that the applicant is serving at the time of the
application, the date and place of the imposition of the sentence and the
offence in respect of which the sentence was imposed)
    6.  In support of my application I am relying on the following grounds: ________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
(Specify ALL grounds PRECISELY and CONCISELY)
    7.  My address for service is: __________________________________________________
                                                           __________________________________________________.
                                                    (Give complete address)
 
Dated at ____________________________________.
                  (indicate place and province), (give date)
 
_____________________
(Signature of applicant)
 
FILED with the district registrar of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, at Vancouver,
British Columbia, on ____________________________
(give date)                                
 
by__________________________
____________________________
____________________________
(insert name and address of the
solicitors. if any. for the applicant)
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