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Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v Canada (AG), [2004] 1 S.C.R. 76, 2004 SCC 4 – known also as the spanking case – is a leading Charter decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where the Court upheld section 43 of the Criminal Code that allowed for a defence of reasonable use of force by way of correction towards children as not in violation of section 7, section 12 or ...
The Criminal Code (French: Code criminel) is a law of the Parliament of Canada that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada. Its official long title is An Act respecting the Criminal Law (French: Loi concernant le droit criminel ).
1. Very serious indictable-only offences including treason and murder (section 235) [2] that are listed in section 469 of the Criminal Code. [2] These can only be tried by the superior trial court of the province with a jury unless both the accused person and the Attorney General consent to trial by a superior trial court judge alone (section ...
The Supreme Court's decision was hailed as a landmark victory for privacy and anonymity, sending a "strong message on Internet privacy" [17] and holding definitively that law enforcement cannot use the section 7(3)(c.1)(ii) PIPEDA disclosure provision or the section 487.014 Criminal Code investigative power alone to compel ISPs to disclose a ...
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (French: Loi modifiant le Code criminel, la Loi sur le système de justice pénale pour les adolescents et d’autres lois et apportant des modifications corrélatives à certaines lois) is a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada.
Extradition, death penalty, section 7, section 12 R v Ruzic [2001] 1 S.C.R. 687, 2001 SCC 24 April 20, 2001 Defence of duress Trinity Western University v British Columbia College of Teachers [2001] 1 S.C.R. 772, 2001 SCC 31 May 17, 2001 Religion in schools; judicial review Mitchell v MNR [2001] 1 S.C.R. 911, 2001 SCC 33 May 24, 2001
For example, the long title of the Criminal Code is An Act respecting the Criminal Law. The short title is given in the first section: "This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code." [14] In some cases, the year is included in the short title of a statute. In that case, it is separated from the words of the short title by a comma. [5]
The Criminal Code, [1] along with the Supreme Court of Canada, [2] [3] have distinguished the treatment of Indigenous individuals within the Canadian Criminal Sentencing Regime. In sentencing, when an individual is found guilty of a criminal offence, a Canadian judge must consider the relevant provisions of the Criminal Code as well as relevant ...