• The Criminal Code (French: Code criminel) is a law of the Parliament of Canada that codifies most, but not all, criminal offences and criminal procedure...
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  • A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal...
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    prosecuted criminally for any offences found in the Criminal Code or any other federal statute containing criminal offences. In all Canadian provinces...
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  • Switzerland Italian Criminal Procedure Code of Criminal Procedure (Japan) Criminal Procedure Code (Malaysia) Criminal Procedure Code (Ukraine) Antonino...
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    amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (French: Loi modifiant la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne et le Code criminel)...
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    Canadian criminal law is governed by the Criminal Code, which includes the principles and powers in relation to criminal sentencing in Canada. A judge...
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  • United States Code is the main criminal code of the federal government of the United States. The Title deals with federal crimes and criminal procedure....
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    crime to subject anyone to it, as defined by statutory law in the Criminal Code. Canada was referred to as the most gay-friendly country in the world, when...
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  • infraction defined in the penal code. These procedural issues are codified in the French code of criminal procedure (Code de procédure pénale). It is the...
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  • Criminal sentencing in Canada is governed by the Canadian Criminal Code. The Criminal Code, along with the Supreme Court of Canada, have distinguished...
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    and third sessions of the 37th Canadian parliament) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada to amend the Criminal Code. It added penalties for publicly...
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    Hate speech laws in Canada include provisions in the federal Criminal Code, as well as statutory provisions relating to hate publications in three provinces...
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  • An Act to amend the Criminal Code may refer to: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda), an Act of the Canadian Parliament passed in April...
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  • pénal) was an omnibus bill that introduced major changes to the Canadian Criminal Code. An earlier version was first introduced as Bill C-195 by then Minister...
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    Canada) (in French) "s. 298". Criminal Code (Canada). "s. 301". Criminal Code (Canada). "s. 300". Criminal Code (Canada). Mann, Arshy (29 September 2014)...
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    7 "s. 162". Criminal Code (Canada). "s. 163.1". Criminal Code (Canada). "s. 177". Criminal Code (Canada). "s. 264". Criminal Code (Canada). Conroy, Amy...
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  • in Canada refers to the release (or detention) of a person charged with a criminal offence prior to being tried in court or sentenced. The Canadian Bill...
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  • Stand-your-ground law (category U.S. state criminal law)
    your ground is more likely to be unreasonable. The sections of the Canadian criminal code that deal with self-defense or defense of property are sections...
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  • Life imprisonment in Canada is a criminal sentence for certain offences that lasts for the offender’s life. Parole is possible, but even if paroled, the...
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  • In Canada, impaired driving is the criminal offence of operating a motor vehicle while the person's ability to operate the vehicle is impaired by alcohol...
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  • Culpable homicide (category Criminal law legal terminology)
    given where available: In Canada, "culpable homicide" is not itself an offence. Rather, the term is used in the Criminal Code to classify all killings...
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  • 2001, the Anti-terrorism Act has allowed for section 83.05 of the Canadian Criminal Code to be invoked by the Governor in Council to maintain a list of "entities"...
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  • under a category of offences defined in the Criminal Code, a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada that applies uniformly across the country. Murder...
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    possess in many regions. In Canada, Molotov cocktails are considered an "explosive substance" under the Criminal Code (Canada) and possession is illegal...
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    R v Morgentaler (category Supreme Court of Canada cases)
    30 was a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada which held that the abortion provision in the Criminal Code was unconstitutional because it violated women's...
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    of Canada. Crown attorneys represent the Crown and act as prosecutor in proceedings under the Criminal Code and various other statutes. Criminal prosecutions...
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  • The Canada Labour Code (French: Code canadien du travail) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada to consolidate certain statutes respecting labour. The...
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    The age of criminal responsibility is the age below which a child is deemed incapable of having committed a criminal offence. In legal terms, it is referred...
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  • regulated in Canada through the Firearms Act, the Criminal Code, and the Canadian Firearms Program, a program operated within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
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  • activities Penalties: § 1963. Criminal penalties Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 - (UK) Criminal Code (Canada), RSC 1985, c C-46. The topic...
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