British Columbia Court of Appeal Criminal Appeal Rules, 1986

1.1 (1) In these Rules

appeal

appeal includes an application for leave to appeal; (appel)

appellant

appellant includes an applicant for leave to appeal; (appelant)

court

court means the Court of Appeal; (Cour)

defendant

defendant means the person who has been convicted, sentenced or had some other order, finding or determination made against him; (défendeur)

file

file means to file with the registrar in a registry of the court; (déposer)

justice

justice means a justice of appeal; (juge)

notice of appeal

notice of appeal includes a notice of application for leave to appeal; (avis d’appel)

order under appeal

order under appeal means the conviction, acquittal, sentence, finding, determination or other order in respect of which the appeal is brought; (ordonnance frappée d’appel)

registrar

registrar includes

• (a) an assistant, associate or deputy registrar of the court, and

• (b) any person appointed by the chief justice to temporarily carry out the duties of the registrar; (greffier)

respondent

respondent means

• (a) the prosecutor, where the appellant is the defendant, and

• (b) the defendant, where the appellant is the prosecutor. (intimé)

(2) The definitions in sections 2 and 673 of the Criminal Code apply to these rules.