Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Appeal from conviction

• 691 (1) A person who is convicted of an indictable offence and whose conviction is affirmed by the court of appeal may appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada

  • (a) on any question of law on which a judge of the court of appeal dissents; or

  • (b) on any question of law, if leave to appeal is granted by the Supreme Court of Canada.

• Marginal note:Appeal where acquittal set aside

  (2) A person who is acquitted of an indictable offence other than by reason of a verdict of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder and whose acquittal is set aside by the court of appeal may appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada

  • (a) on any question of law on which a judge of the court of appeal dissents;

  • (b) on any question of law, if the Court of Appeal enters a verdict of guilty against the person; or

  • (c) on any question of law, if leave to appeal is granted by the Supreme Court of Canada.