Sentences with phrase «in hybrid offences»

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On this basis, art. 2402 of the Civil Code of Québec concerns only indictable offences, those that are punishable exclusively by way of indictment, and not, as in this case, hybrid offences.

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Most offences in the Criminal Code are hybrid offences and it is the crown attorney or prosecutor (the lawyer who is representing the Canadian government in prosecuting the offence) to decide whether the offence is summary or indictable.

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.

A hybrid offence is an offence defined in the Criminal Code as having both summary and indictable classes of punishment.

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.

Most of the offences in the Criminal Code are hybrid offences.