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The Ontario Court of Justice is the provincial court of record [6] for the Canadian province of Ontario. The court sits at more than 200 locations across the province and oversees matters relating to family law , criminal law , and provincial offences.
In the province of Ontario, most municipal and provincial offences are dealt with in the Provincial Offences Court, established under the Ontario Provincial Offences Act [43] and the Courts of Justice Act. [44] Quebec also has a system of municipal courts that hear cases such as municipal and traffic infractions.
[a] Provincial jails (historically spelled gaols) and detention centres house persons awaiting trial, offenders serving short sentences, or offenders awaiting transfer to other facilities. Jails are smaller and older facilities originally established by local governments while detention centres are larger, regional facilities.
The Court of Ontario is the formal legal title describing the combination of both Ontario trial courts — the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice. [ 1 ] As a result of amendments to Ontario's Courts of Justice Act that came into effect in 1999, the Court of Ontario is the continuation of the court previously known as the ...
Provincial Niagara Detention Centre Thorold: 1973 [5] Men Provincial North Bay Jail: North Bay: 1930 Maximum Men Provincial Ontario Correctional Institute Brampton: 1973 [5] Men Provincial Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre: Ottawa: 1972 Men Provincial Quinte Detention Centre Greater Napanee: 1971 Men Provincial St. Lawrence Valley Correctional ...
The accused person does not have an election and must be tried by a judge of the provincial court without a jury. [3] 3. For all other indictable offences, the accused person can elect whether to be tried by: A provincial court judge; A judge of the superior trial court of the province without a jury or; A judge of the superior court with a jury
The Superior Court of Justice (French: Cour supérieure de justice) is a superior court in Ontario. The Court sits in 52 locations across the province, including 17 Family Court locations, and consists of over 300 federally appointed judges. [1] In 1999, the Superior Court of Justice was renamed from the Ontario Court (General Division).
Regardless of the breadth of their legislative authority, all civil law enforcement officers in Canada are considered peace officers for the purposes of carrying out their duties, [14] [15] [16] and may be variously appointed as special constables, [12] municipal law enforcement officers, [17] provincial offences officers, [18] or generically ...