Criminal Code

Marginal note:Court of criminal jurisdiction

469 Every court of criminal jurisdiction has jurisdiction to try an indictable offence other than

• (a) an offence under any of the following sections:

  • (i) section 47 (treason),

  • (ii) section 49 (alarming Her Majesty),

  • (iii) section 51 (intimidating Parliament or a legislature),

  • (iv) section 53 (inciting to mutiny),

  • (v) section 61 (seditious offences),

  • (vi) section 74 (piracy),

  • (vii) section 75 (piratical acts), or

  • (viii) section 235 (murder);

• Marginal note:Accessories

  (b) the offence of being an accessory after the fact to high treason or treason or murder;

• (c) an offence under section 119 (bribery) by the holder of a judicial office;

• Marginal note:Crimes against humanity

  (c.1) an offence under any of sections 4 to 7 of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act;

• Marginal note:Attempts

  (d) the offence of attempting to commit any offence mentioned in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (vii); or

• Marginal note:Conspiracy

  (e) the offence of conspiring to commit any offence mentioned in paragraph (a).