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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Version of section 2 from 2002-12-31 to 2005-04-03:


Marginal note:Definitions

  •  (1) In this Act,

    appropriate officer

    officier compétent

    appropriate officer means, in respect of a member, such officer as is designated pursuant to subsection (3); (officier compétent)

    child

    enfant

    child means a person who is or, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, appears to be under the age of eighteen years; (enfant)

    Code of Conduct

    code de déontologie

    Code of Conduct means the regulations made pursuant to section 38; (code de déontologie)

    Commission

    Commission

    Commission means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission established by section 45.29; (Commission)

    Commission Chairman

    Version anglaise seulement

    Commission Chairman means the Chairman of the Commission; (Version anglaise seulement)

    Commissioner

    commissaire

    Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (commissaire)

    Committee

    Comité

    Committee means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee established by section 25; (Comité)

    Committee Chairman

    Version anglaise seulement

    Committee Chairman means the Chairman of the Committee; (Version anglaise seulement)

    Force

    Gendarmerie

    Force means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (Gendarmerie)

    guardian

    tuteur

    guardian means, in respect of a child, any person, other than a parent of the child, who is under a legal duty to provide for the child or who has, in law or in fact, the custody or control of the child; (tuteur)

    member

    membre

    member means any person

    • (a) who has been appointed as an officer or other member of the Force under section 5 or paragraph 6(3)(a) or 7(1)(a), and

    • (b) who has not been dismissed or discharged from the Force as provided in this Act, the regulations or the Commissioner’s standing orders; (membre)

    Minister

    ministre

    Minister means the Solicitor General of Canada; (ministre)

    officer

    officier

    officer means a member appointed by the Governor in Council pursuant to section 5 or paragraph 6(3)(a); (officier)

    representative

    représentant

    representative means a member who is representing or assisting another member pursuant to section 47.1. (représentant)

  • Marginal note:Commissioner’s standing orders

    (2) The rules made by the Commissioner under any provision of this Act empowering the Commissioner to make rules shall be known as Commissioner’s standing orders.

  • Marginal note:Designation

    (3) The Commissioner may, by rule, designate an officer to be the appropriate officer in respect of a member either for the purposes of this Act generally or for the purposes of any provision thereof in particular.

  • R.S., 1985, c. R-10, s. 2
  • R.S., 1985, c. 8 (2nd Supp.), s. 1

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