International Transfer of Offenders Act
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International Transfer of Offenders Act
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The International Transfer of Offenders Act is Canadian federal legislation. Passed in 2004, it allows Canadians who had been convicted of a crime in another nation to apply to serve their sentence, or a portion thereof, in a Canadian prison.
The Act gives the Minister of Public Safety the authority to approve or decline prisoners' applications for transfer. The Act was passed shortly before Conservative Stephen Harper was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 2005. Legal journalists and legal sch
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Canadian law regarding prisoner transfers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Transfer_of_Offenders_Act
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2023-06-10T16:19:39Z
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