Sentences with phrase «for hybrid offences»

On summary elections for hybrid offences, the court is bound by the maximum range set by parliament.

Not exact matches

Some offences that had been classified as hybrid were reclassified as strictly summary, which meant Provincial Court trials for all of them.

For most indictable offences — including hybrid offences that the Crown chooses to treat as indictable — accused persons can «elect» or choose the mode of trial.

For example, assault with a weapon is a hybrid offence and if prosecuted as an indictable offence, is punishable by a maximum term of 10 years imprisonment.

Invitation for sexual touching is a hybrid offence, meaning it is up to the Crown's discretion whether to prosecute the charge as a summary conviction or as an indictable offence.

According to section 86 of the Criminal Code, any person who, without lawful excuse, carries, handles, ships, transports or stores a firearm (non-restricted, restricted or prohibited), in a careless manner without taking reasonable precautions for safety will be guilty of a hybrid offence.

Faulkner recommended that the Legal Aid Society open neighborhood law offices for civil law problems, supply lawyers to handle all hybrid offences and first summary conviction offences and provide duty counsel in criminal courts.

Topics discussed include indictable and hybrid offences, terms of imprisonment, ability to sponsor family members, mechanisms for relief in criminal law, and pardons and record suspensions.