POLC32H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Life Tenure, Regulatory Offence, Supreme Court Act
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Section 92 provincial trial courts (aka inferior courts) Provincially administered, appointed, and paid: subject, territorial, and hierarchical limits on jurisdiction. Jurisdiction over all provincial and municipal offences + summary and some indictable offences justices of the peace (jps) lower paid, legal training not required, increasing responsibilities. Types of cases: least serious (illegal betting, court traffic violations, littering, underage drinking) exclusive so s. 92 court. Provincial govt appoints around judges in canada. Section 96 provincial courts (aka superior courts) *statutory, fixed, and inherit jurisdiction/interpretation of the law. They cannot interpret the law and create their own verdict. Provincially administered, federally appointed and paid: territorial limits on jurisdiction (own province only) Lower s. 96 courts can act as both trial and appellate courts (latter for matters coming from s. 92 courts) judge/jury (can choose judge ruling or jury ruling: fixed salaries and life tenure in good behavior. Appointment by federal: governor general, which means minister of justice primarily.
