CRM 3319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Victim Surcharge, Summary Offence, Blackboard

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3319
• Professor: Howard Bebbington

Document Summary

This section authorizes the imposition of victim surcharges, in addition to any other penalty. Oct 24, 2013: the day on which the (most recent) amendments to the section came into force. Surcharge is now mandatory and has been doubled in value. Link on blackboard mandatory victim"s surcharge takes effect . Your ability to pay does not matter. The judge cannot stop the victim surcharge. When the offender is convicted or discharged of an offence under the criminal code or the controlled drugs and substances act, (the court imposing sentence or discharging) the offender shall (order the offender to) pay a victim surcharge. The victim surcharge is now 30% of any fine imposed or 100$ (summary conviction) or. The court however, has the discretion under section 3 to order the offender to pay a greater amount is the offender has the ability to pay.