Military police are instructed to stop accepting Criminal Code sexual offence complaints, beginning Monday, as Canada anticipates passage of the military justice system reform legislation. Multiple outlets report that the change takes effect immediately in advance of the Liberal government’s Bill C-11. The bill would remove the Canadian Armed Forces’ military justice system jurisdiction over certain sexual offences committed within Canada by CAF members. After that shift, sexual offence matters that were previously handled by military police for investigation and by military authorities for prosecution would fall under a different process outside the military chain of command, though the detailed mechanics are not described in the reports.
In the meantime, military police are directed not to take new Criminal Code sexual offence complaints, signalling that ongoing or future complaints are expected to be managed under the incoming framework once the legislation is enacted. The reporting reflects a coordinated operational directive tied to the anticipated legal changes under Bill C-11.
