Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Effect of judicial acts

• 3.1 (1) Unless otherwise provided or ordered, anything done by a court, justice or judge is effective from the moment it is done, whether or not it is reduced to writing.

• Marginal note:Clerk of the court

  (2) Unless otherwise provided or ordered, if anything is done from the bench by a court, justice or judge and it is reduced to writing, the clerk of the court may sign the writing.