Sentences with phrase «for summary conviction»

Under the current Fisheries Act, the maximum fine is $ 300,000 and / or six months in jail for summary conviction and $ 1,000,000 and / or three years in jail for an indictable conviction.

Accused are not required to submit to police fingerprinting when arrested or convicted for summary conviction offences.

The surcharge would be raised to 30 % of any fine imposed or where the punishment does not include a fine of $ 100 for summary conviction offence and $ 200 for an indictable offence.

From that perspective it provides a helpful analysis of what the Court will consider when determining whether a case meets the threshold for obtaining leave for a summary conviction appeal.

The maximum amount of jail that a person can be sentenced to for a summary conviction offence is 18 months.

For both summary conviction and indictable offences, the Criminal Code only imposes a maximum, and sometimes a minimum, penalty.

For both summary conviction and indictable offences, the Criminal Code imposes a maximum and minimum possible penalty.

For both summary conviction and indictable offences, the Criminal Code only imposes a maximum penalty for an Indecent Act.

RT @PerrinBen1: #C75 question: How does «standardiz [ing] the maximum penalty of imprisonment for all summary conviction offences to 2 years...

The Summary Convictions Act in turn adopted the procedure set out in the Criminal Code for summary conviction offences.

Criminal law: The applicant, Joseph Sciascia, was tried simultaneously for summary conviction criminal offences and provincial offences, including under the Highway Traffic Act.

Second, the Act contains AMPs for willful false statements (a full mens rea AMP provision) and for summary conviction and indictable offences for flagrant non-compliance.

Sentences are a maximum of two years for each summary conviction, and up to five years for each conviction or indictment.

Not exact matches

«My point is that any summary conclusion jumping from our conviction of the existence of such an order of nature to the easy assumption that there is an ultimate reality which, in some unexplained way, is to be appealed to for the removal of the perplexity, constitutes the great refusal of rationality to assert its rights.»

We do not miss the loyalty of David's mercenary troops (15: 19 - 21); the narrator's conviction of the mature quality of David's faith (15:25 f.; 16:12); the essential gentleness of David in these most wretched hours (16:5 - 14); the brilliant, carnal symbol of Absalom's irrevocable usurpation (16:20 - 22) and its portentous recall of the David - Nathan encounter (II 12:11 - 12); the arch Old Testament realist, the remarkable pragmatist Ahitophel (17: 1 - 23); Joab, who always acts like Joab (18:10 - 15; 19:1 - 7; 20A - 13); David's pathetic concern, implicit throughout, for the defiant son (18:1 - 5); the moving grief of a father's utter brokenness in the loss of his son (18:33); the reassertion in this critical time of the old and always fundamental north - south cleavage (19:11,41 - 43); David's profound and probably chronic annoyance with the crude, brash, «muscular» ways of Joab and his brothers, the sons of Zeruiah (16:10; 19:22; see also 3:34 b; 3:38 f.); and finally, in a kind of pausal summary before the last scene of David's reign in I Kings 1 - 2, the statement of David's very modest bureaucracy (20:23 - 26; cf. the extensive elaboration of this structure under Solomon, I Kings 4:1 ff.).

As to how that is enforced, well, the Australian model leads to summary conviction and fi ne if the elector has no sound reason for not attending.

But there's a catch for law school clinics, many of whom appear in the criminal courts to represent low income persons accused of summary conviction offences.

802.1 Despite subsections 800 (2) and 802 (2), a defendant may not appear or examine or cross-examine witnesses by agent if he or she is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term of more than six months, unless the defendant is a corporation or the agent is authorized to do so under a program approved by the lieutenant governor in council of the province.

However, summary convictions (for less serious offences) that are more than five years old can not be disclosed.

It is worth pointing out that a person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both, and on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment not exceeding ten years, or both.

«Because of the force that a conviction has in a factually overlapping later civil proceeding, the plaintiff in a lawsuit may decide not to wait for trial to obtain a ruling on liability, preferring instead to move for summary judgment on liability to gain an upper hand,» Gracewrites.

«The proposed BDC offence level for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the primary psychoactive component of cannabis) under the summary conviction offence is not directly linked to impairment, but is, rather, based on a precautionary or a crime prevention approach,» reads the draft.

In 1975 the federal government, led by Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, introduced an amendment to the Criminal Code that changed the procedure for appeal from a summary conviction proceeding.

(1) Every person who contravenes subsection 110 (1)(identity of offender not to be published), 111 (1)(identity of victim or witness not to be published), 118 (1)(no access to records unless authorized) or 128 (3)(disposal of R.C.M.P. records) or section 129 (no subsequent disclosure) of this Act, or subsection 38 (1)(identity not to be published), (1.12)(no subsequent disclosure), (1.14)(no subsequent disclosure by school) or (1.15)(information to be kept separate), 45 (2)(destruction of records) or 46 (1)(prohibition against disclosure) of the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y - 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Clause 24 of Bill S - 4 modifies section 28 of PIPEDA to provide that every organization that knowingly contravenes the new sections of PIPEDA requiring organizations to record and report breaches of security safeguards or obstructs the Commissioner in the investigation of a complaint or in conducting an audit will now be liable for fines of up to $ 100,000 for indictable offences, or for fines of up to $ 10,000 for offences punishable on summary conviction.

In addition to the new civil penalty regime, the maximum penalty for criminal sentences for sanctions violations has been increased from 3 to 12 months on summary conviction, and from 2 to 7 years on indictment.

When offences have mandatory minimum penalties, the report notes, Crown election provides some discretion for prosecutors to pursue proportionate sentencing for less serious cases by electing to proceed by summary conviction — especially where an offender agrees to plead guilty — which some have argued increases the discretionary power of prosecutors.

By the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, s71 (in force on 6 April 2010) a person, who holds another person in slavery or servitude or requires another person to perform forced or compulsory labour (see Art 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights), is guilty of an offence liable on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months in England and Wales or six months in Northern Ireland or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both and on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or a fine or both.

hen offences have mandatory minimum penalties, the report notes, Crown election provides some discretion for prosecutors to pursue proportionate sentencing for less serious cases by electing to proceed by summary conviction — especially where an offender agrees to plead guilty — which some have argued increases the discretionary power of prosecutors.

If the offence was committed in relation to any place other than a dwelling house the maximum penalty is imprisonment not exceeding ten years for an indictable offence or an offence punishable on summary conviction (maximum fine of $ 5,000 or six months in jail or both).

The offence is governed by s. 162.1 of the Criminal Code which provides (1) Everyone who knowingly publishes, distributes, transmits, sells, makes available or advertises an intimate image of a person knowing that the person depicted in the image did not give their consent to that conduct, or being reckless as to whether or not that person gave their consent to that conduct is guilty of (a) of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not more than five years; or (2) of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

They will be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $ 5,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

They may be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $ 2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.

Some of the changes include raising the non refundable application fee from $ 150 to $ 631, doubling the crime - free waiting period to 10 years before a serious offender can apply to suspend indictable convictions, and from 3 years to 5 years for summary offences.

You can apply for a pardon if 3 years has passed since completing the sentence for a summary offence, 5 years for an indictable offence and you have not had any other new charges or convictions during the 3 or 5 years.

There is no deadline for updating the private register of charges, however failure to comply with the obligation set out in section 162 of the Act is an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of US$ 5,000.

What follows is a short summary of California ownership laws and possible consequences for people taking a look at a conviction.

Adjudication (3) The justice or the summary conviction court before which the parties appear may, if satisfied by the evidence adduced that the person on whose behalf the information was laid has reasonable grounds for his or her fears,

Indictable offences have a higher possible penalty than offences prosecuted on summary conviction, however an accused has more rights in a trial for an indictable offence.

So for example, if a person is convicted of Sexual Assault on summary conviction, the SOIRA order will last for 10 years.

It enacts as follows: 430 (4) Every one who commits mischief in relation to property, other than property described in subsection (3), (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Last week, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) announced it would be amending s 60 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) to raise the punishment to up to six months imprisonment on summary conviction, and up to two years imprisonment on conviction on indictment.

Currently, it is an offence punishable by a fine of up to # 5,000 on summary conviction or unlimited on conviction on indictment, under s 55 of the Act for anyone «to sell or offer to sell personal data which has been (or is subsequently) obtained / procured knowingly or recklessly without the consent of the data controller».

Both in the «solemn» and the «summary» acquittals, not proven is interpreted as indicating that the jury or judge, respectively, is not convinced of the innocence of the accused; in fact, they may be morally or even factually convinced that the accused is guilty, but do not find the proofs sufficient for a conviction under the elements of the crime on the jury instruction / verdict form.

Having maintained an appellate as well as trial practice throughout his career, Mr. Clark has secured release for many appellants through the years, combining the general practices of preparing Sureties and crafting Release Plans with the somewhat more specialized understanding of appellate law and procedures applicable at both the Superior Court of Justice (Summary Conviction appeals) and the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Indictable appeals).

If no fine is ordered, a fine of $ 100 is payable for a summary - offence conviction, and $ 200 for being convicted of an indictable crime.

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.

The Penalties for Voyeurism depend on whether the case is prosecuted by summary conviction or as an indictable 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.

As recently demonstrated by the pending Greek prosecution of former Johnson & Johnson employees, which includes the prosecution of one individual, Robert Dougall, notwithstanding his 2010 prosecution by the SFO and conviction and sentence, [13] no settlement can confer an absolute guarantee against further proceedings in any jurisdiction — particularly not in jurisdictions where there is no limitation period for criminal offences (as in the United Kingdom, other than for summary offences).