Criminal Code

Marginal note:Definitions

785 In this Part,

clerk of the appeal court

clerk of the appeal court includes a local clerk of the appeal court; (greffier de la cour d’appel)

informant

informant means a person who lays an information; (dénonciateur)

information

information includes

• (a) a count in an information, and

• (b) a complaint in respect of which a justice is authorized by an Act of Parliament or an enactment made thereunder to make an order; (dénonciation)

order

order means any order, including an order for the payment of money; (ordonnance)

proceedings

proceedings means

• (a) proceedings in respect of offences that are declared by an Act of Parliament or an enactment made thereunder to be punishable on summary conviction, and

• (b) proceedings where a justice is authorized by an Act of Parliament or an enactment made thereunder to make an order; (procédures)

prosecutor

prosecutor means the Attorney General or, where the Attorney General does not intervene, the informant, and includes counsel or an agent acting on behalf of either of them; (poursuivant)

sentence

sentence includes

• (a) a declaration made under subsection 199(3),

• (b) an order made under subsection 109(1) or 110(1), section 259 or 261, subsection 730(1) or 737(2.1) or (3) or section 738, 739, 742.1 or 742.3,

• (c) a disposition made under section 731 or 732 or subsection 732.2(3) or (5), 742.4(3) or 742.6(9),

• (d) an order made under subsection 16(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and

• (e) an order made under subsection 94(1) of the Cannabis Act; (sentence, peine ou condamnation)

summary conviction court

summary conviction court means a person who has jurisdiction in the territorial division where the subject-matter of the proceedings is alleged to have arisen and who

• (a) is given jurisdiction over the proceedings by the enactment under which the proceedings are taken,

• (b) is a justice or provincial court judge, where the enactment under which the proceedings are taken does not expressly give jurisdiction to any person or class of persons, or

• (c) is a provincial court judge, where the enactment under which the proceedings are taken gives jurisdiction in respect thereof to two or more justices; (cour des poursuites sommaires)

trial

trial includes the hearing of a complaint. (procès ou instruction)