This report, with its recommendations that criminal law be seen as an instrument of last resort, be used with restraint and be concerned with"real" crimes requiring *mens rea* and involving serious violations ofimportant values in our society, has been officially accepted by the federal government as the starting point for criminal law reform and as thebasis of criminal justice policy. It became apparent to the Law ReformCommission that Canada needed a new Criminal Code. In this Report, it setsout the first half of the proposed Code, including commentaries and anoutline of the table of contents for the remainder of the Code. This Report comprises the General Part, and the first two sections of the Special part, namely, crimes against the person and crimes against property.