Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Security Offences Act.

Marginal note:Powers of the Attorney General of Canada

2. Notwithstanding any other Act of Parliament, the Attorney General of Canada may conduct proceedings in respect of an offence under any law of Canada where

• (a) the alleged offence arises out of conduct constituting a threat to the security of Canada within the meaning of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, or

• (b) the victim of the alleged offence is an internationally protected person within the meaning of section 2 of the Criminal Code,

and for that purpose the Attorney General of Canada may exercise all the powers and perform all the duties and functions assigned by or under the Criminal Code to the Attorney General.

Marginal note:Powers of Attorney General of a province

3. Subject to section 4, section 2 does not affect the authority of the Attorney General of a province to conduct proceedings in respect of an offence referred to in that section or to exercise any of the powers or perform any of the duties and functions assigned by or under the Criminal Code to the Attorney General.

Marginal note:Fiat of Attorney General of Canada

• 4. (1) Where the Attorney General of Canada believes that an offence referred to in section 2 has been committed in any province, the Attorney General of Canada may issue a fiat to that effect and may serve the fiat on the Attorney General of the province.

• Marginal note:Effect of fiat

  (2) Where a fiat issued pursuant to subsection (1) is served on the Attorney General of a province, the fiat establishes the exclusive authority of the Attorney General of Canada with respect to the conduct of any proceedings in respect of the offence described in the fiat.

Marginal note:Fiat filed in court

• 5. (1) Where proceedings are conducted by or on behalf of the Attorney General of Canada in respect of an offence in relation to which a fiat has been issued pursuant to subsection 4(1), the fiat or a copy thereof may be filed with the court in which the proceedings are conducted.

• Marginal note:Fiat constitutes conclusive proof of facts stated therein

  (2) A fiat or copy thereof purporting to have been issued pursuant to subsection 4(1) by the Attorney General of Canada that is filed with the court pursuant to subsection (1) is conclusive proof that proceedings in respect of the offence described in the fiat may be conducted by or on behalf of the Attorney General of Canada and is admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or official character of the Attorney General of Canada.