The Criminal Code and the Law of Criminal Evidence in Canada: Being an Annotation of the Criminal Code of Canada, and of the Canada Evidence Act, with Special Reference to the Law of Evidence and the Procedure in Criminal Courts, Including the Practice Before Justices and on Certiorari and Habeas CorpusCanada Law Book Company, 1908 - 1030 pages |
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... statute went into force on July 1 , 1893 , and was the first codification of the criminal law of Canada . The Code was modelled after the draft Code formulated by the commis- sioners appointed to revise the criminal law of England which ...
... statute went into force on July 1 , 1893 , and was the first codification of the criminal law of Canada . The Code was modelled after the draft Code formulated by the commis- sioners appointed to revise the criminal law of England which ...
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... statute ( sec . 2 of 53 Vict . , ch . 18 ) , which authorized police magistrates to try and convict per- sons charged with forgery was ultra vires of the Provincial Legislature ; per MacMahon , J. Enforcing the law against a person ...
... statute ( sec . 2 of 53 Vict . , ch . 18 ) , which authorized police magistrates to try and convict per- sons charged with forgery was ultra vires of the Provincial Legislature ; per MacMahon , J. Enforcing the law against a person ...
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... statutes . ] - Penal statutes must be construed strictly , and where an enactment imposes a penalty for a criminal ... statute , or the preamble , or the scheme of governing intention is to be regarded . Spencer v . Metropolitan Board ...
... statutes . ] - Penal statutes must be construed strictly , and where an enactment imposes a penalty for a criminal ... statute , or the preamble , or the scheme of governing intention is to be regarded . Spencer v . Metropolitan Board ...
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... statute include a person in law ; that is , a corporation as well as a natural person " That if a statute provides that no person shall do a particular act except on a particular condition , it is prima facie , natural and reasonable ...
... statute include a person in law ; that is , a corporation as well as a natural person " That if a statute provides that no person shall do a particular act except on a particular condition , it is prima facie , natural and reasonable ...
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... statute prior to Confederation , providing for the discharge from imprisonment in default of indictment of an accused person committed for a " felony " will apply equally to cases which were misdemeanours before the abolition by the ...
... statute prior to Confederation , providing for the discharge from imprisonment in default of indictment of an accused person committed for a " felony " will apply equally to cases which were misdemeanours before the abolition by the ...
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