Criminal Proceedings Rules for the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)

• 1.01 (1) These rules may be cited as the Criminal Proceedings Rules for the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario).

Subdivision

• (2) In these Rules,

  • (a) all the provisions identified by the same number to the left of the decimal point comprise a Rule (for example, Rule 1, which consists of rules 1.01 to 1.06);

  • (b) a provision identified by a number with a decimal point is a rule (for example, rule 1.01); and

  • (c) a rule may be subdivided into

    • (i) subrules (for example, subrule 1.01(1)),

    • (ii) paragraphs (for example, paragraph 1.01(2)(a) or 4.06(1)(b)), and

    • (iii) subparagraphs (for example, subparagraph 1.01(2)(c)(i) or 4.08(11)(a)(i)).

Alternative References

• (3) In a proceeding in the court, it is sufficient to refer to a rule or subdivision of a rule as a “rule” followed by the number of the rule, subrule, paragraph or subparagraph (for example, rule 1.01, rule 1.01(2), rule l.01(2)(c), rule 1.01(2)(c)(iii)).