Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Jurisdiction over person

470 Subject to this Act, every superior court of criminal jurisdiction and every court of criminal jurisdiction that has power to try an indictable offence is competent to try an accused for that offence

• (a) if the accused is found, is arrested or is in custody within the territorial jurisdiction of the court; or

• (b) if the accused has been ordered to be tried by

  • (i) that court, or

  • (ii) any other court, the jurisdiction of which has by lawful authority been transferred to that court.