Sentences with phrase «summary conviction criminal»

Joint trials are both permissible and desirable where the provincial charges and the summary conviction criminal charges share a sufficient factual nexus and it is in the interests of justice to try them together.

Permitting a joint trial of provincial charges and summary conviction criminal charges is consistent with the intent of both the Provincial Offences Act and the Criminal Code, Justice Michael Moldaver wrote, with Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and justices Rosalie Abella, Andromache Karakatsanis, Richard Wagner, Clément Gascon and Malcolm Rowe concurring.

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

Not exact matches

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.

This is a summary of part of a published article that develops this theme: that poor resources given the criminal justice system, increases the probability of wrongful convictions in these ways:

(1) No person shall --(a) take or attempt to take in any court any photograph, or with a view to publication make or attempt to make in any court any portrait or sketch, of any person, being a judge of the court or a juror or a witness in or a party to any proceedings before the court, whether civil or criminal; or (b) publish any photograph, portrait or sketch taken or made in contravention of the foregoing provisions of this section or any reproduction thereof; and if any person acts in contravention of this section he shall, on summary conviction, be liable in respect of each offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

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.

The Summary Convictions Act in turn applied the Criminal Code provisions relating to appeals — including the provision that made every appeal from a Provincial Court decision a trial de novo.

In addition to being a relatively expensive process and treating minor offenders like «criminals,» using the summary conviction procedure to prosecute provincial offences also imposed enormous financial and workload pressures on the provincial court.

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.

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Singh alleged he was subjected to discrimination in employment on the basis of an unrelated criminal or summary conviction offence contrary to section 13 of the B.C. Human Rights Code.

Section 177 of the Criminal Code sets out that a conviction of trespassing at night is a summary conviction offence and can result in a penalty of up to six months imprisonment.

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.

The majority of criminal cases in Ontario are prosecutions «by summary conviction» and proceed to disposition of in the lower court (the Ontario Court of Justice).

Criminal offences under Canada's criminal code are divided into three kinds: indictable offences which are the more serious offences and which carry longer terms of imprisonment, summary convictions which are the less serious offences usually punishable by less than 2 years imprisonment and hybrid offences which can be prosecuted as either indictable or Criminal offences under Canada's criminal code are divided into three kinds: indictable offences which are the more serious offences and which carry longer terms of imprisonment, summary convictions which are the less serious offences usually punishable by less than 2 years imprisonment and hybrid offences which can be prosecuted as either indictable or criminal code are divided into three kinds: indictable offences which are the more serious offences and which carry longer terms of imprisonment, summary convictions which are the less serious offences usually punishable by less than 2 years imprisonment and hybrid offences which can be prosecuted as either indictable or summary.

Under the Criminal Code of Canada, anyone that is found guilty of Fraud under $ 5000 is guilty of an indictable offense that is punishable by a term of imprisonment up to two years or, in less serious cases, by an offence punishable on summary conviction.

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

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, and sometimes a minimum, penalty.

race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political belief, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation or age because of a criminal or summary conviction offence that is unrelated to the employment

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).

The lawyer that SLS had in place to argue for the status of SLS status in Court was never needed, the judge was convinced that SLS members were authorized to appear in Court by the express provision in the Criminal Code allowing agents to appear for individuals charged with Summary Conviction offences.

race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political belief, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation or age of that person or because that person has been convicted of a criminal or summary conviction offence that is unrelated to the employment or to the intended employment of that person.

Again, and you did touch on it, for those individuals who find themselves convicted of a crime in this country, there is the fine option program available in seven of the provinces, which allows people to find other ways of contributing and dealing with their inability to pay the fine or the surcharge of the fine or the surcharge on their criminal conviction for a summary or indictable offence.

Usually, the Crown Attorney will proceed by summary conviction for less serious offences, but they may choose to proceed by indictment after considering factors such as the seriousness of allegations or the accused's prior criminal record.

The Crown brings a summary conviction appeal pursuant to s. 813 of the Criminal Code.

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They generally preside over summary conviction matters arising out of territorial statutes, municipal by - laws, and selected criminal matters.

Complaints that fall short of misconduct may be dealt with pastorally, while certain categories of cases such as criminal convictions will be dealt with under a faster, summary process.