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

• 20.05 (1) The notice of application in Form 1 under rule 20.03 shall be accompanied by:

  • (a) where the applicant is the accused, the affidavit of the applicant, in accordance with rule 4.06, containing the matters required under subrule (2);

  • (b) where the applicant is the accused and it is practicable to do so, the affidavit of the current or prospective employer by whom it is proposed that the accused be employed upon released;

  • (c) where the applicant is the accused and it is practicable to do so, the affidavit of any person whom it is proposed shall serve as a surety for the accused, if released, disclosing his or her willingness to serve as a surety and the amount for which each is to be liable;

  • (d) where the applicant seeks to review an order earlier made, a transcript of the proceedings on the judicial interim release hearing under section 515 or 522 of the Code, as the case may be, and of previous review proceedings, if any, taken before a justice or judge; and,

  • (e) a legible copy of any exhibits, capable of reproduction, which were filed on the judicial interim release hearing and in any previous review proceedings.

Affidavit of the Applicant

• (2) The affidavit of the applicant required by subrule (1)(a) shall disclose:

  • (a) the particulars of the charge on which release is sought and any other charge outstanding against the applicant, together with the date or dates scheduled for trial or preliminary inquiry in respect of such charges;

  • (b) the applicant’s places of abode in the 3 years preceding the date of the offence charged and in respect of which release is sought, together with the place where the applicant proposes to reside if released;

  • (c) the applicant’s employment in the 3 years preceding the date of the offence charged in respect of which release is sought, together with whether and where the applicant expects to be employed upon release;

  • (d) the form of order upon which the applicant proposes that release be granted; and,

  • (e) where the applicant proposes that release be by giving an undertaking with conditions or upon entering into a recognizance with sureties, deposit or conditions, where practicable, the terms and conditions of the order sought, including the amount of any recognizance or deposit, as well as the names of any proposed surety and the amount for which each proposed surety is to be liable.

• (3) Where the applicant is the prosecutor or where, as respondent, the prosecutor desires to assert that the detention of the accused is necessary in the public interest, and to rely on material other than required to be filed under subrule (1), the prosecutor may file an affidavit in accordance with rule 4.06 setting out the facts upon which reliance is placed, including the matters referred to in paragraph 518(1)(c) of the Code.

Factum Not Required

• (4) No factum is required for the purposes of applications under this rule.