Section 579.1 — Criminal Code: Intervention by Attorney General of Canada or Director of Public Prosecutions

The Attorney General of Canada or the Director of Public Prosecutions appointed under subsection 3(1) of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act , or counsel instructed by him or her for that purpose, may intervene in proceedings in the following circumstances: the proceedings are in respect of an offence for which he or she has the power to commence or to conduct a proceeding; the proceedings have not been instituted by an Attorney General; judgment has not been rendered; and the Attorney General of the province in which the proceedings are taken has not intervened. Sections 579 and 579.01 apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, to proceedings in which the Attorney General of Canada or the Director of Public Prosecutions intervenes under this section.