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DEFINITIONS


1. Definitions - In this Act,
  "compassionate allowance" means an allowance made under section 13 of this Act and the regulations; ("indemnité spéciale")
  "contractor" means an individual, corporation, partnership or unincorporated association that enters into a contract or agreement under subsection 8 (4) or (5) to provide correctional services, and includes any person engaged by the contractor to provide any of the services; ("entrepreneur")
  "correctional institution" means a correctional institution established or continued under section 14, whether it is operated or maintained by the Ministry or by a contractor, but does not include a place of open custody, a place of secure custody, a place of temporary detention or a lock-up established under section 16.1 of the Police Services Act; ("établissement correctionnel")
  "correctional service" means a service provided for the purpose of carrying out the function or objects of the Ministry, including the operation and maintenance of correctional institutions and youth facilities; ("service correctionnel")
  "Deputy Minister" means the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services; ("sous-ministre")
  "inmate" means a person confined in a correctional institution or otherwise detained in lawful custody under a court order, but does not include a young person within the meaning of the Young Offenders Act (Canada) unless such a young person has been or is being proceeded against in ordinary court pursuant to an order under the Young Offenders Act (Canada); ("détenu")
  "maximum security place of custody" means a place of secure custody in which the Minister has established a maximum security custody program; ("lieu de garde à sécurité maximale")
  "medium security place of custody" means a place of secure custody in which the Minister has established a medium security custody program; ("lieu de garde à sécurité moyenne")
  "Minister" means the Minister of Correctional Services; ("ministre")
  "Ministry" means the Ministry of Correctional Services; ("ministère")
  "parole" means parole under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (Canada) or this Act, and "parolee" means a person who is released on parole; ("libération conditionnelle" ou "liberté conditionnelle", "personne en liberté conditionnelle")
  "place of open custody" means a place or facility designated as a place of open custody under the Young Offenders Act (Canada) and operated or maintained by the Ministry or by a contractor; ("lieu de garde en milieu ouvert")
  "place of open temporary detention" means a place of temporary detention in which the Minister has established an open detention program; ("lieu de détention provisoire en milieu ouvert")
  "place of secure custody" means a place or facility designated as a place of secure custody under the Young Offenders Act (Canada) and operated or maintained by the Ministry or by a contractor; ("lieu de garde en milieu fermé")
  "place of secure temporary detention" means a place of temporary detention in which the Minister has established a secure detention program; ("lieu de détention provisoire en milieu fermé")
  "place of temporary detention" means a place or facility designated as a place of temporary detention under the Young Offenders Act (Canada) and operated or maintained by the Ministry or by a contractor; ("lieu de détention provisoire")
  "prescribed" means prescribed by the regulations; ("prescrit")
  "probation" means the disposition of a court authorizing a person to be at large subject to the conditions of a probation order or community service order and "probationer" means a person who is subject to a probation order or community service order; ("probation", "probationnaire")
  "provincial director" means a provincial director appointed under clause 46 (1) (a); ("directeur provincial")
  "regulations" means the regulations made under this Act; ("règlements")
  "remission" means the remission of an inmate's sentence that he or she may earn in accordance with the Prisons and Reformatories Act (Canada) or this Act; ("réduction de peine")
  "young person" means a person who is, or, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, appears to be,
 
 (a)
sixteen years of age, or more, but
 
 (b)
under eighteen years of age,
  and includes a person eighteen years of age or more charged with having committed an offence while the person was sixteen years of age or more but under eighteen years of age, but does not include an inmate or a person charged with having committed an offence while the person was twelve years of age or more but under sixteen years of age. ("adolescent") R.S.O. 1990, c. M.22, s. 1; 2000, c. 40, s. 1; 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table.
  "youth facility" means a place of open custody, a place of secure custody or a place of temporary detention. ("établissement pour adolescents")
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