CRIM 230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Regulatory Offence, True Crime, Summary Offence
30 May 2015
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Parliament of canada has jurisdiction under the constitution act, 1867 to enact criminal law and create crimes. The manner in which individual crimes are categorized determines how they are tried and the penalties that may be imposed on conviction. Conduct that is prohibited because it is considered to have an evil/injurious/undesirable effect upon the public" may include not only actions but also a failure to act when there is a legally imposed duty to take actions. A penalty that may be imposed when the prohibition is violated. Penalty may range from a fine to a sentence of imprisonment. Offences are tried rapidly within the provincial/territorial court and without any complex procedures. May be tried only before a provincial/territorial court judge/justice of peach sitting alone. Max. penalty typically is a fine of /sentence of six months/both. More serious and punishable by more severe sentences.
