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For summary conviction offences that fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government (including all criminal law), section 787 of the Criminal Code specifies that, unless another punishment is provided for by law, the maximum penalty for a summary conviction offence is a sentence of 2 years less a day of imprisonment, a fine of $5,000 or ...
Summary conviction, convicting an accused without giving him the benefit of a jury trial and/or indictment. Summary court-martial, the lowest in the rank of courts-martial, conducted before one commissioned officer, limited in jurisdiction to offenses of a minor or petty nature of which enlisted men, not commissioned officers, stand accused.
In the case of offences primarily punishable only on summary conviction, the accused, if the maximum punishment is imprisonment for over three months, can choose a jury trial (Summary Jurisdiction Act 1879, s. 17). In the case of offences primarily punishable only on indictment, power to convict summarily is given in the following cases:
Examples of offences which are always summary offences include trespassing at night (section 177), [2] causing a disturbance (section 175) [2] and taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent (section 335) [2] (an equivalent to the British TWOC). Summary conviction offences are tried by a judge alone in the province's provincial court.
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if treated as a summary conviction offence, it is punishable by 6 months imprisonment, a fine of $2000 or both. Where a motor vehicle is stolen, Section 333.1 provides for a maximum punishment of 10 years for an indictable offence (and a minimum sentence of six months for a third or subsequent conviction), and a maximum sentence of 18 months on ...
'Serious criminal offences' During a five-week trial, the jury heard how Curtis had been physically, emotionally and verbally abusive towards the victim over an 18-month period.
The power to choose under which class a hybrid offence will be tried rests with the crown counsel. Hybrid offences can either be summary offences (minor crimes) or indictable offences (major crimes). [1] For most indictable offences, a person has the right to trial by jury. A hybrid offence is the most common type of charge in Canada.