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TRANSFER OF
OFFENDERS REGULATIONS


(SOR/79-171)

    Note - These Regulations are printed as amended by SOR/88-145.

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REGULATIONS IN RESPECT OF
THE TRANSFER OF OFFENDERS UNDER
THE TRANSFER OF OFFENDERS ACT

Short Title
 
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Transfer of Offenders Regulations.
 
Interpretation
 
2. In these Regulations, "Act" means the Transfer of Offenders Act.
 
Forms
 
3. (1) The form set out in Schedule I is hereby prescribed to be the form in which a foreign offender may apply to the Minister for transfer to a foreign state.
     (2)The form set out in Schedule II is the form hereby prescribed to be completed by a Canadian offender who, if transferred to Canada from a foreign state, will be detained in a prison.
 
Considerations For Transfer
 
4. In deciding to approve or disapprove the transfer of a Canadian offender to Canada, the Minister shall take into account the following considerations:
 (a) whether the offender has fulfilled the conditions of the Act and the treaty pursuant to which the transfer was requested;
 (b) whether the return of the offender to Canada would outrage public sensibilities because of the extremely serious nature of the offender's crime or circumstances surrounding it;
 (c) whether the return of the offender to Canada would constitute a threat to the security of Canada;
 (d) whether there is reason to believe that the offender would, on the offender's return to Canada, engage in any activity that would be part of a pattern of criminal activity planned and organized by a number of persons acting in concert in furtherance of any offence that may be punishable under any Act of Parliament by way of indictment;
 (e) whether the offender left or remained outside Canada with the intention of abandoning Canada as the offender's place of permanent residence, and has no social or family ties in Canada; and
 (f) whether the offender has previously been transferred under the Act.
SOR/88-145, s. 1.
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