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The bill accordingly gives the Parole Board of Canada (Board) the power to order or refuse to order, under certain conditions, the expungement of convictions involving the offences listed in the schedule to the bill. [...] In its review of the bill, the House of Commons Committee noted that the bill does not authorize the Governor in Council to remove an offence already listed in the schedule.34 2.3 POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS (CLAUSES 3 AND 4) Clause 3 of the bill gives the Board the power to order or refuse to order the expungement of a conviction in respect of one of the offences listed in the schedule, subject [...] The defences that the convicted person could have relied upon, had they been available in respect of an offence listed in the schedule, are the following: • in the case of a partner aged 12 or 13 at the time of the sexual activity, who had consented to the acts that were the subject of the charge, the person convicted was less than two years older and was not in a position of trust or authority; o [...] For a detailed history of the offence of buggery and of the reforms and attempted reforms relating to this offence, see Julia Nicol, Legislative Summary of Bill C-32: An Act related to the repeal of section 159 of the Criminal Code, Publication no. [...] Pursuant to sections 12 and 13 of the Library and Archives of Canada Act, the destruction and disposal of government or ministerial records requires the written consent of the Librarian and Archivist or their delegate, and the records that, in their opinion, are of historical or archival value may be transferred under the care and control of the Librarian and Archivist.