RCMP CODE OF SECRECY. WHY?

2013 under the direction of then Prime Minister Steven Harper, the RCMP enacted a Code of Secrecy to which every recruit must pledge.

Is is retroactive for all those currently employed by the Force?

“I, , do swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will not, without due authority, disclose or make known to any person not legally entitled to it any knowledge or information obtained by me in the course of my duties under the ***Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act. (In the case of an oath other than a solemn affirmation, add: So help me (Name of Deity*)).**

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Regulations Prescribing an Oath of Secrecy

SOR/2014-280

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE ACT

Registration 2014-11-28

Regulations Prescribing an Oath of Secrecy

P.C. 2014-1301 2014-11-27

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, pursuant to subsection

45.45(2) Footnotea of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act Footnoteb, makes the annexed Regulations Prescribing an Oath of Secrecy.

Return to footnotea S.C. 2013, c. 18, s. 35
Return to footnoteb R.S., c. R-10

Oath of Secrecy

Marginal note: Content

1 The following oath of secrecy is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 45.45(1)(a) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act:

“I, , do swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will not, without due authority, disclose or make known to any person not legally entitled to it any knowledge or information obtained by me in the course of my duties under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act. (In the case of an oath other than a solemn affirmation, add: So help me (Name of Deity)).

Coming into Force

Marginal note: S.C. 2013, c. 18

Footnote*2 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 35 of the Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act, chapter 18 of the Statutes of Canada, 2013, comes into force but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.