Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Civil enforcement of fines, forfeiture

• 734.6 (1) Where

  • (a) an offender is in default of payment of a fine, or

  • (b) a forfeiture imposed by law is not paid as required by the order imposing it,

  then, in addition to any other method provided by law for recovering the fine or forfeiture,

  • (c) the Attorney General of the province to whom the proceeds of the fine or forfeiture belong, or

  • (d) the Attorney General of Canada, where the proceeds of the fine or forfeiture belong to Her Majesty in right of Canada,

  may, by filing the order, enter as a judgment the amount of the fine or forfeiture, and costs, if any, in any civil court in Canada that has jurisdiction to enter a judgment for that amount.

• Marginal note:Effect of filing order

  (2) An order that is entered as a judgment under this section is enforceable in the same manner as if it were a judgment obtained by the Attorney General of the province or the Attorney General of Canada, as the case may be, in civil proceedings.