Court and Tribunal Administration CTA323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indictable Offence, Summary Offence, Hybrid Offence
16 Sep 2016
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Indictable: most serious and their punishments are at a higher rank (max: life, unless the offence has a mandatory minimum, then the judge has the power to do it three categories, depending on their seriousness: o, 469 offences. With it being provincial, there is no preliminary inquiry no limitation period appeals go to s. c. j. accused election offences. Powers of arrest two categories of power: power of civilians to arrest skipped - don"t need to know for the test, power of peace officers to arrest, 495 of the criminal code. You may arrest them: secure evidence, prevent continuation of crime ex; a mischief (hybrid offence); someone"s been defacing property, and you have reasonable and probable grounds to suspect this person. If they don"t arrest the person right now, then this person can continue defacing property, or he might get rid of the evidence: if they won"t attend court.
