WARNING
THIS IS AN APPEAL UNDER THE YOUTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT AND IS SUBJECT TO:
110. (1) Subject to this section, no person shall publish the name of a young person, or any other information related to a young person, if it would identify the young person as a young person dealt with under this Act.
111. (1) Subject to this section, no person shall publish the name of a child or young person, or any other information related to a child or a young person, if it would identify the child or young person as having been a victim of, or as having appeared as a witness in connection with, an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by a young person.
138. (1) Every person who contravenes subsection 110(1) (identity of offender not to be published), 111(1) (identity of victim or witness not to be published), 118(1) (no access to records unless authorized) or 128(3) (disposal of R.C.M.P. records) or section 129 (no subsequent disclosure) of this Act, or subsection 38(1) (identity not to be published), (1.12) (no subsequent disclosure), (1.14) (no subsequent disclosure by school) or (1.15) (information to be kept separate), 45(2) (destruction of records) or 46(1) (prohibition against disclosure) of the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985,
(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or
(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Court of Appeal for Ontario
Citation: R. v. A.W.B., 2015 ONCA 476
Date: 2015-06-25
Docket: C60061
Before: Laskin, Gillese and van Rensburg JJ.A.
Between:
Her Majesty the Queen Appellant
and
A.W.B. (a young person within the meaning of the Youth Criminal Justice Act) Respondent
Counsel: Amy Rose, for the appellant E. Dawn McCaig, for the respondent
Heard: In writing
On appeal from the refusal to make a DNA data bank order pursuant to s. 487.05(1) of the Criminal Code on January 28, 2015, by Justice Lawrence Klein of the Ontario Court of Justice.
Appeal Book Endorsement
[1] On consent, the order sought by the Crown may issue.