Sentences with phrase «justices of the peace act»

As a result, 14 fruity motorists were the other week bound over to keep the peace by local magistrates under the Justices of the Peace Act 1361 and attracted more media attention — The Daily Telegraph was one of the nationals to carry all names and addresses — than would have been suffered by them had they mugged the inciting officer of the law.

The provincial government attempted to block the application by arguing judges are unable to sue the government, since justices of the peace act on behalf of the Crown when they exercise judicial functions.

At that time, the Justices of the Peace Act was far different than it later became.

4 (3)(k) personal information contained in a court file, a record of a judge of the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta or The Provincial Court of Alberta, a record of a master in chambers of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, a record of a sitting justice of the peace or a presiding justice of the peace under the Justice of the Peace Act, a judicial administration record or a record relating to support services provided to the judges of any of the courts referred to in this clause.

In 2007, following consultations led for the Court by ACJ Ebbs, the Justices of the Peace Act was amended to create the Justices of the Peace Appointments Advisory Committee (JPAAC).

Upon enactment of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1989, a Co-ordinator of Justices of the Peace was appointed; the Office of the Co-ordinator within the Office of the Chief Justice was also established.

Not until 1989 did the government, led by Attorney General Ian Scott, begin to respond — in the form of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1989, which created the Co-ordinator position that Lapkin filled in 1990.

Requirement for a Continuing Education Plan for Justices of the Peace — Justices of the Peace Act

By the provincial Justices of the Peace Act, each JP who is appointed must be examined and certified by a County Court judge before he takes up his duties.

Before the implementation of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1989, many justices of the peace worked part - time and were paid on a fee - for - service basis meaning they were paid a separate and discrete amount for each service they performed, but otherwise received no remuneration as a justice of the peace.The new legislation contemplated justices of the peace working in full - time, salaried positions.

The justices of the peace would see a similar commitment to formal education in 2002, when the Justices of the Peace Act was similarly amended to provide a requirement for a plan for the continuing education of justices of the peace.

Under common law powers, and also pursuant to various statutes, any person who is before «a court of record having a criminal jurisdiction» (see, for example, Justices of the Peace Act 1968, s 1) may be bound - over to be of good behaviour, for any period, for any sum.

Not exact matches

Our selfish isolationism, our refusal to participate in the effort to build a world order of peace and justice through the League of Nations, our aloofness from the World court, our scuttling of the London Economic Conference, our interference with the free flow of goods by high tariffs, our Oriental Exclusion Act, our arming of Japan for her war upon China, are a few of the counts in the indictment which the God and Father of all mankind must bring against us.

Against these kinds of inactivity, H. Richard contrasts the useful inactivity of Christians who believe that, even when they can not act meaningfully in history, God is nonetheless working to being about justice and peace.

[If a foreign government is your opponent, then you should first offer justice and peace, but if this is refused then defend yourself by force against force...] And in such a war it is a Christian act and an act of love confidently to kill, rob, and pillage the enemy, and to do everything that can injure him until one has conquered him according to the methods of war.13

It is Interesting and worth noting that we don't find in the Bible general definitions of peace and justice but rather an endless number of concrete acts and events in which God and human beings «act justly» or «unjustly», thus, for instance,

In India, churches should enter into an act of covenanting, and commit themselves to fight for the marginalised — Dalits, tribals and women — to build a just economic order, to commit themselves to sustainable development; justice, peace and the integrity of creation in our context.

The #NoCuts Coalition is comprised of the following groups and individuals: Community Voices Heard, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Manhattan North District Council of Presidents, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), New York Communities for Change, The Black Institute, CASA - New Settlement, MFY Legal Service, Coalition for the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New York.

1734 — Thomas McKean was born in New London, Chester County, PA 1755 — McKean admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Castle, Del 1756 — appointed deputy general for Sussex Country and served until 1758 1762-1775 — member of the Delaware House of Assembly 1764 — appointed one of the three trustees of the loan office 1765 — member of the Stamp Act Congress; appointed sole notary for the lower counties of Delaware; received the commission of a justice of the peace and of orphans» court 1771 — appointed collector of the port of New Castle 1774 - 1776 — member of the Continental Congress 1776 — signer of the Declaration of Independence; member of the state house of representatives 1776 — served as speaker 1777 — president of the state of Delaware 1777 - 1799 — chief justice of Pennsylvania 1781 - served as President of Congress 1787 — member of the convention of Pennsylvania which ratified the Constitution of the United States 1789 — delegate to the state constitutional convention 1799 - 1808 - Governor of Pennsylvania 1817 — died in Philadelphia, PA

Thanks to Veronica and Kate for inviting others to connect, reflect and act — and for engaging in a deeper dive into systems thinking and connecting issues of peace, justice and sustainability to daily life and practices.

The Ontario Court of Justice has acquitted a Toronto civil litigation practitioner of a Highway Traffic Act offence after finding a justice of the peace gave the appearance of bias towards him atJustice has acquitted a Toronto civil litigation practitioner of a Highway Traffic Act offence after finding a justice of the peace gave the appearance of bias towards him atjustice of the peace gave the appearance of bias towards him at trial.

[13] The threshold question on this appeal is whether the justice of the peace who issued the search warrant acted on reasonable and probable grounds, as required under both the Criminal Code and the Charter.

Justices of the peace have been described as «the workhorses of the provincial regulatory system,» [21] enforcing hundreds of statutes ranging from the Highway Traffic Act to the Occupational Health and Safety Act to the Environmental Protection Act.

[19] At the time the POA and Provincial Courts Amendment Act took effect, virtually none of the sitting justices of the peace and very few new appointees were legally trained.

This drawing of a Justice of the Peace hearing and recording a Provincial Offences Act proceeding was included in Minor Offences, a Ministry of the Attorney General publication explaining the new legislation and procedures.

Justice McDougall came to the rare conclusion that the limitation was not «prescribed by law» as it was not sufficiently intelligible, at para. 137: ``... I find that the Act provides no intelligible standard according to which Justices of the Peace and the judiciary must do their work.

(2) Where a justice of the peace is satisfied on evidence upon oath that there are in a place documents or things that there is reasonable ground to believe will afford evidence relevant to the carrying out of a review officer's duties under this Act, the justice of the peace may issue a warrant in the prescribed form authorizing the review officer named in the warrant to search the place for any such documents or things and to remove them for the purposes of making copies or extracts and they shall be returned promptly to the place from which they were removed.

(2) Court personnel referred to in subsection (1) who are assigned to and present in a courtroom shall act at the direction of the presiding judge, justice of the peace, master or case management master while the court is in session.

(3) Sections 109 (constitutional questions), 125, 126 (language of proceedings), 132 (judge sitting on appeal), 136 (prohibition against photography at court hearings), 144 (arrest and committal warrants enforceable by police) and 146 (where procedures not provided) also apply to proceedings under the Provincial Offences Act and, for the purpose, a reference in one of those sections to a judge includes a justice of the peace presiding in the Ontario Court of Jjustice of the peace presiding in the Ontario Court of JusticeJustice.

(e) prescribing and regulating the procedures under any Act that confers jurisdiction under the Provincial Offences Act on the Ontario Court of Justice or a judge or justice of the peace sittingJustice or a judge or justice of the peace sittingjustice of the peace sitting in it;

(2) A justice of the peace may preside over the Ontario Court of Justice in a proceeding under the Provincial Offencjustice of the peace may preside over the Ontario Court of Justice in a proceeding under the Provincial OffencJustice in a proceeding under the Provincial Offences Act.

38 (1) A provincial judge has the power and authority of two or more justices of the peace when sitting in the Ontario Court of Justice and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties that any Act of the Parliament of Canada confers on a provincial court judge when sitting in the Ontario Court of Justice.

Further, Gerald Lapkin reached out to lawyers and academics to write textbooks designed for use by justices of the peace in preparing themselves to undertake their new responsibilities; the Annotated Provincial Offences Act, authored by Murray Segal and Justice Rick Libman being one such text.

The Act further stipulated qualifications for appointment, criteria for selection and an application, review and interview process that did much to modernize the justice of the peace bench and that was much more consistent with the important role of the justices of the peace within the Court.

On appointment, each justice of the peace is provided with appropriate resource materials and texts, including the Criminal Code and Provincial Offences Act.

The resigning partner (the complainant) subsequently appeared before a justice of the peace (JP), without notice to his former partner (the respondent) or the opportunity for him to respond — both as the Act allowed — and alleged the respondent was cyberbullying him.

(1) Subject to subsection (1.1), if a person who has been arrested without warrant by a peace officer is taken into custody, or if a person who has been arrested without warrant and delivered to a peace officer under subsection 494 (3) or placed in the custody of a peace officer under subsection 163.5 (3) of the Customs Act is detained in custody under subsection 503 (1) for an offence described in paragraph 496 (a), (b) or (c), or any other offence that is punishable by imprisonment for five years or less, and has not been taken before a justice or released from custody under any other provision of this Part, the officer in charge or another peace officer shall, as soon as practicable,

(1) A peace officer who arrests a person with or without warrant or to whom a person is delivered under subsection 494 (3) or into whose custody a person is placed under subsection 163.5 (3) of the Customs Act shall cause the person to be detained in custody and, in accordance with the following provisions, to be taken before a justice to be dealt with according to law:

Mr. Crouch filed an application for a Protection Order under the Act and it was granted by a Justice of the Peace on December 11, 2014 (the «Protection Order»).

27, 30 and 32 of Act to amend the Courts of Justice Act and other legislative provisions as regards the status of justices of the peace, s. 178 of Courts of Justice Act and Order No. 932-2008.

The Act gave PJP status to certain justices of the peace who had formerly been justices of the peace with extended powers.

The litigation arose out of amendments made to the Courts of Justice Act in 2004 concerning justices of the peace.

The Conférence des juges de paix magistrats du Québec and several presiding justices of the peace («PJPs») filed a motion to strike down provisions of the Act to amend the Courts of Justice Act and other legislative provisions as regards the status of justices of the peace («the Act») and the Courts of Justice Act on the ground the scheme established by the impugned provisions did not guarantee judicial independence.

4 The following persons are excluded from serving as jurors: (a) members of the Privy Council, the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada; (b) members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Executive Council; (c) members of the council of a municipality or members of a board of trustees of a school district or school division; (d) judges of the Provincial Court, justices of the Court of Appeal and Court of Queen's Bench and justices of the peace, whether retired or not; (e) barristers and solicitors, whether or not they are practising, and students ‑ at ‑ law; (f) medical examiners under the Fatality Inquiries Act; (g) officers and employees of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta; (h) persons who (i) have been convicted of a criminal offence for which a pardon has not been granted, or (ii) are currently charged with a criminal offence; (i) witnesses summoned to attend before the Legislative Assembly or a committee of the Legislative Assembly during the period that their attendance is required; (j) persons confined in an institution; (k) persons engaged in the administration of justice, including (i) members and employees of any police service, (ii) probation officers, (iii) employees of the Department of Justice, and (iv) employees of the Department of Justice of Canada or the Department of the Solicitor General of justice, including (i) members and employees of any police service, (ii) probation officers, (iii) employees of the Department of Justice, and (iv) employees of the Department of Justice of Canada or the Department of the Solicitor General of Justice, and (iv) employees of the Department of Justice of Canada or the Department of the Solicitor General of Justice of Canada or the Department of the Solicitor General of Canada.

3 (1) Except where otherwise provided, an oath, affirmation or statutory declaration for the purposes of this Act may be taken by a returning officer, election clerk, revision assistant, justice of the peace, a commissioner for taking affidavits or a notary public and for election purposes, all election officers appointed by the returning officer are empowered to take such oaths, affirmations or declarations at the poll.

Without specific assignment, senior justices of the peace and senior municipal judges may perform routine ministerial acts, including the solemnization of marriages, subject to limitations in the jurisdiction in which they are performed, if any, and the administering of oaths, but shall not admit to bail any person accused of a crime.

The Germanic law underpinning seems to be that literally anyone may, indeed must make an arrest, with the lynch mob being at the less - civilized end of the continuum of detaining miscreants, and acting under the authorization of a justice of the peace being at the more - civilized end.

The applicant, Joanne Vaughan, applies under s. 131 of the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 33 (the «POA»), for leave to appeal the judgment of Justice Lalande of the Ontario Court of Justice made May 9, 2017 that dismissed her appeal from the conviction and sentence imposed by Justice of the Peace Scully on May 1, 2015.