Definitions
785 In this Part,
clerk of the appeal court includes a local clerk of the appeal court; (greffier de la cour d’appel)
informant means a person who lays an information; (dénonciateur)
information includes
(a) a count in an information, and
(b) a complaint in respect of which a justice is authorized by an Act of Parliament or an enactment made thereunder to make an order; (dénonciation)
order means any order, including an order for the payment of money; (ordonnance)
proceedings means
(a) proceedings in respect of offences that are declared by an Act of Parliament or an enactment made thereunder to be punishable on summary conviction, and
(b) proceedings where a justice is authorized by an Act of Parliament or an enactment made thereunder to make an order; (procédures)
prosecutor means the Attorney General or, where the Attorney General does not intervene, the informant, and includes counsel or an agent acting on behalf of either of them; (poursuivant)
sentence includes
(a) a declaration made under subsection 199(3),
(b) an order made under subsection 109(1) or 110(1), section 259 or 261, subsection 730(1) or 737(2.1) or (3) or section 738, 739, 742.1 or 742.3
(c) a disposition made under section 731 or 732 or subsection 732.2(3) or (5), 742.4(3) or 742.6(9),
(d) an order made under subsection 16(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and
(e) an order made under subsection 94(1) of the Cannabis Act; (sentence, peine ou condamnation)
summary conviction court means a person who has jurisdiction in the territorial division where the subject-matter of the proceedings is alleged to have arisen and who
(a) is given jurisdiction over the proceedings by the enactment under which the proceedings are taken,
(b) is a justice or provincial court judge, where the enactment under which the proceedings are taken does not expressly give jurisdiction to any person or class of persons, or
(c) is a provincial court judge, where the enactment under which the proceedings are taken gives jurisdiction in respect thereof to two or more justices; (cour des poursuites sommaires)
trial includes the hearing of a complaint. (procès ou instruction)
Annotations
- Part XXVII