Youth Criminal Justice Act

Marginal note:Proof of notice under subsection 64(4)

• 68 (1) When a young person is found guilty of an offence, other than an offence set out in paragraph (a) of the definition “presumptive offence” in subsection 2(1), committed after he or she attained the age of fourteen years, and the Attorney General seeks to establish that the offence is a serious violent offence and a presumptive offence within the meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition “presumptive offence” in subsection 2(1), the Attorney General must satisfy the youth justice court that the young person, before entering a plea, was given notice under subsection 64(4) (intention to prove prior serious violent offences).

• Marginal note:Determination of serious violent offence

  (2) If the youth justice court is satisfied that the young person was given notice under subsection 64(4) (intention to prove prior serious violent offences), the Attorney General may make an application in accordance with subsection 42(9) (judicial determination of serious violent offence).

• Marginal note:Inquiry by court and proof

  (3) If the youth justice court determines that the offence is a serious violent offence, it shall ask whether the young person admits to the previous judicial determinations of serious violent offences made at different proceedings. If the young person does not admit to any of it, the Attorney General may adduce evidence as proof of the previous judicial determinations in accordance with section 667 of the Criminal Code, with any modifications that the circumstances require. For the purposes of that section, a certified copy of the information or indictment endorsed in accordance with subsection 42(9) (judicial determination of serious violent offence) or a certified copy of a court decision is deemed to be a certificate.

• Marginal note:Determination by court

  (4) If the youth justice court, after making its inquiry under subsection (3), is satisfied that the offence is a presumptive offence within the meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition “presumptive offence” in subsection 2(1), the youth justice court shall endorse the information or indictment accordingly.

• Marginal note:Determination by court

  (5) If the youth justice court, after making its inquiry under subsection (3), is not satisfied that the offence is a presumptive offence within the meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition “presumptive offence” in subsection 2(1), the Attorney General may make an application under subsection 64(1) (application for adult sentence).