Marginal note:2001, c. 41, s. 2(1); 2002, c. 7, s. 137(1); 2005, c. 40, s. 1(2) and s. 7; 2013, c. 13, s. 2(1); 2014, c. 23, s. 2; 2015, c. 3, s. 44(4)(E) and c. 20, s. 15(1)
1 (1) The definition Attorney General in section 2 of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:
Attorney General
(a) with respect to proceedings to which this Act applies, means the Attorney General or Solicitor General of the province in which those proceedings are taken and includes his or her lawful deputy or, if those proceedings are referred to in subsection 2.3(1), the Attorney General of Canada or the Attorney General or Solicitor General of the province in which those proceedings are taken and includes the lawful deputy of any of them,
(b) means the Attorney General of Canada and includes his or her lawful deputy with respect to
(i) Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, or
(ii) proceedings commenced at the instance of the Government of Canada and conducted by or on behalf of that Government in respect of an offence under any Act of Parliament — other than this Act or the Canada Elections Act — or any regulation made under such an Act, and
(c) means the Director of Public Prosecutions appointed under subsection 3(1) of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act with respect to proceedings in relation to an offence under the Canada Elections Act; (procureur général)
(2) Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
audioconference means any means of telecommunication that allows the judge or justice and any individual to communicate orally in a proceeding; (audioconférence)
videoconference means any means of telecommunication that allows the judge, justice or chairperson of a Review Board, as defined in subsection 672.1(1), and any individual to engage in simultaneous visual and oral communication in a proceeding; (vidéoconférence)
(3) Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
appearance notice means a notice in Form 9 issued by a peace officer; (citation à comparaître)
intimate partner with respect to a person, includes their current or former spouse, common-law partner and dating partner; (partenaire intime)
recognizance means a recognizance in Form 32 entered into before a judge or justice; (engagement)
release order means an order in Form 11 made by a judge as defined in section 493 or a justice; (ordonnance de mise en liberté)
summons means a summons in Form 6 issued by a judge or justice or by the chairperson of a Review Board as defined in subsection 672.1(1); (sommation)
undertaking means, unless a contrary intention appears, an undertaking in Form 10 given to a peace officer; (promesse)