Criminal Code of Canada (federal jurisdiction)

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Act of Parliament of Canada criminal code federal statute

The Criminal Code of Canada (federal jurisdiction) is the primary federal statute that comprehensively defines criminal offences and procedures applicable throughout Canada.

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Criminal Code (Canada) 2
Criminal Code of Canada procedures 1
Criminal Code of Canada 0

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of Canada ⓘ
criminal code ⓘ
federal statute ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Justice Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesIn all provinces of Canada ⓘ
all territories of Canada ⓘ
appliesTo corporations in Canada ⓘ
individuals in Canada ⓘ
citation RSC 1985, c C-46 ⓘ
contains general part ⓘ
schedules ⓘ
special part ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
defines criminal offences in Canada ⓘ
defences to criminal charges ⓘ
fraud offences ⓘ
homicide offences ⓘ
jurisdiction of criminal courts ⓘ
offences against property ⓘ
offences against public order ⓘ
offences against the person ⓘ
offences relating to firearms ⓘ
organized crime offences ⓘ
penalties for criminal offences ⓘ
powers of arrest ⓘ
procedures for trials and appeals ⓘ
rules of evidence for criminal proceedings ⓘ
search and seizure powers ⓘ
sexual offences ⓘ
terrorism-related offences ⓘ
youth criminal justice procedures (historically, before separate youth legislation) ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs criminal procedure in Canada ⓘ
substantive criminal law in Canada ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
provincial courts of appeal ⓘ
superior trial courts ⓘ
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasisInConstitution section 91(27) of the Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
previousConsolidation Criminal Code, 1892 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Criminal Code, 1953–54 NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose to codify most criminal offences and procedures in Canada ⓘ
relatedTo Canada Evidence Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charter of Rights and Freedoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
Youth Criminal Justice Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresComplianceWith Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope applies throughout Canada uniformly ⓘ
subjectTo judicial interpretation by Canadian courts ⓘ
typeOfLaw public law ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GRC → enforces → Criminal Code of Canada (federal jurisdiction) ⓘ
Bill C-51 (anti-terrorism legislation) → amendsAct → Criminal Code of Canada (federal jurisdiction) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Criminal Code (Canada)
Ontario Court of Justice → hearsCasesUnder → Criminal Code of Canada (federal jurisdiction) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Criminal Code (Canada)
provincial courts of British Columbia → appliesProcedure → Criminal Code of Canada (federal jurisdiction) ⓘ
subject surface form: Provincial Court of British Columbia
this entity surface form: Criminal Code of Canada procedures