Criminal Code
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 507.1 — Referral when private prosecution
A justice who receives an information laid under section 504, other than an information referred to in subsection 507(1), shall refer it to a provincial court judge or, in Quebec, a judge of the…
Section 508 — Justice to hear informant and witnesses
A justice who receives an information laid before him under section 505 shall hear and consider, ex parte , the allegations of the informant, and the evidence of witnesses, where he considers it…
Section 508.1 — Information laid otherwise than in person
For the purposes of sections 504 to 508, a peace officer may lay an information by any means of telecommunication that produces a writing. A peace officer who uses a means of telecommunication…
Section 509 — Summons
A summons issued under this Part shall be directed to the accused; set out briefly the offence in respect of which the accused is charged; and require the accused to attend court at a time and place…
Section 510
[Repealed, 2019, c. 25, s. 222]
Section 511 — Contents of warrant to arrest
A warrant issued under this Part shall name or describe the accused; set out briefly the offence in respect of which the accused is charged; and order that the accused be forthwith arrested and…
Section 512 — Certain actions not to preclude issue of warrant
A justice may, where the justice has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that it is necessary in the public interest to issue a summons or a warrant for the arrest of the accused, issue a…
Section 512.1 — Arrest warrant — failure to appear under summons
If an accused who is required by a summons to appear at the time and place stated in it for the purposes of the Identification of Criminals Act does not appear at that time and place and, in the case…
Section 512.2 — Arrest warrant — failure to appear under appearance notice or undertaking
If an accused who is required by an appearance notice or undertaking to appear at the time and place stated in it for the purposes of the Identification of Criminals Act does not appear at that time…
Section 512.3 — Warrant to appear under section 524
If a justice is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an accused has contravened or is about to contravene any summons, appearance notice, undertaking or release order that was…
Section 513 — Formalities of warrant
A warrant in accordance with this Part shall be directed to the peace officers within the territorial jurisdiction of the justice, judge or court by whom or by which it is issued.
Section 514 — Execution of warrant
A warrant in accordance with this Part may be executed by arresting the accused wherever he is found within the territorial jurisdiction of the justice, judge or court by whom or by which the warrant…
Section 515 — Release order without conditions
Subject to this section, when an accused who is charged with an offence other than an offence listed in section 469 is taken before a justice, the justice shall, unless a plea of guilty by the…
Section 515.01 — Attendance — Identification of Criminals Act
When a release order is made under section 515, the judge or justice may also make an order, in Form 11.1, requiring the accused to appear at the time and place stated in it for the purposes of the…
Section 515.1 — Declaration of surety
Before a judge, justice or court names a particular person as a surety, the person shall provide the judge, justice or court with a signed declaration under oath, solemn declaration or solemn…
Section 516 — Remand in custody
A justice may, before or at any time during the course of any proceedings under section 515, on application by the prosecutor or the accused, adjourn the proceedings and remand the accused to custody…
Section 517 — Order directing matters not to be published for specified period
If the prosecutor or the accused intends to show cause under section 515, he or she shall so state to the justice and the justice may, and shall on application by the accused, before or at any time…
Section 518 — Inquiries to be made by justice and evidence
In any proceedings under section 515, the justice may, subject to paragraph (b), make such inquiries, on oath or otherwise, of and concerning the accused as he considers desirable; the accused shall…
Section 519 — Release of accused
If a justice makes a release order under section 515, if the accused thereupon complies with the order, the justice shall direct that the accused be released forthwith, if the accused is not required…
Section 519.1 — Variation of release order with consent
A release order under which an accused has been released under section 515 may be varied with the written consent of the accused, prosecutor and any sureties. The order so varied is considered to be…
Section 520 — Review of order
If a justice, or a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice, makes an order under subsection 515(2), (5), (6), (7), or (12) or makes or vacates any order under paragraph 523(2)(b), the accused may, at…
Section 521 — Review of order
If a justice, or a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice, makes an order under subsection 515(1), (2), (7) or (12) or makes or vacates any order under paragraph 523(2)(b), the prosecutor may, at any…
Section 522 — Interim release by judge only
Where an accused is charged with an offence listed in section 469, no court, judge or justice, other than a judge of or a judge presiding in a superior court of criminal jurisdiction for the province…
Section 523 — Period for which appearance notice, etc., continues in force
If an accused, in respect of an offence with which they are charged, has not been taken into custody or has been released from custody under any provision of this Part, the appearance notice,…
Section 523.1 — Judicial referral hearing
When an accused appears before a justice in any of the circumstances described in subsection (2), the justice shall if the accused was released from custody under an order made under subsection…
Section 524 — Hearing
When an accused is taken before a justice in any of the circumstances described in subsection (2), the justice shall if the accused was released from custody under an order made under subsection…
Section 525 — Time for application to judge
The person having the custody of an accused — who has been charged with an offence other than an offence listed in section 469, who is being detained in custody pending their trial for that offence…
Section 526 — Directions for expediting proceedings
Subject to subsection 525(4), a court, judge or justice before which or whom an accused appears under this Part may give directions for expediting any proceedings in respect of the accused.
Section 527 — Procuring attendance
A judge of a superior court of criminal jurisdiction may order in writing that a person who is confined in a prison be brought before the court, judge, justice or provincial court judge before whom…
Section 528 — Endorsing warrant
Where a warrant for the arrest or committal of an accused, in any form set out in Part XXVIII in relation thereto, cannot be executed in accordance with section 514 or 703, a justice within whose…
Section 529 — Including authorization to enter in warrant of arrest
A warrant to arrest or apprehend a person issued by a judge or justice under this or any other Act of Parliament may authorize a peace officer, subject to subsection (2), to enter a dwelling-house…
Section 529.1 — Warrant to enter dwelling-house
A judge or justice may issue a warrant in Form 7.1 authorizing a peace officer to enter a dwelling-house described in the warrant for the purpose of arresting or apprehending a person identified or…
Section 529.2 — Reasonable terms and conditions
Subject to section 529.4, the judge or justice shall include in a warrant referred to in section 529 or 529.1 any terms and conditions that the judge or justice considers advisable to ensure that the…
Section 529.3 — Authority to enter dwelling without warrant
Without limiting or restricting any power a peace officer may have to enter a dwelling-house under this or any other Act or law, the peace officer may enter the dwelling-house for the purpose of…
Section 529.4 — Omitting announcement before entry
A judge or justice who authorizes a peace officer to enter a dwelling-house under section 529 or 529.1, or any other judge or justice, may authorize the peace officer to enter the dwelling-house…
Section 529.5 — Means of telecommunication
An application for a warrant under section 529.1 or an authorization under section 529 or 529.4 may be submitted, and the warrant or authorization may be issued, by a means of telecommunication, and…
Section 530 — Language of accused
On application by an accused whose language is one of the official languages of Canada, made not later than the time of the appearance of the accused at which their trial date is set, a judge,…
Section 530.01 — Translation of documents
If an order is granted under section 530, a prosecutor — other than a private prosecutor — shall, on application by the accused, cause the portions of an information or indictment against the accused…
Section 530.1 — If order granted
If an order is granted under section 530, the accused and his counsel have the right to use either official language for all purposes during the preliminary inquiry and trial of the accused; the…
Section 530.2 — Language used in proceeding
If an order is granted directing that an accused be tried before a justice of the peace, provincial court judge, judge or judge and jury who speak both official languages, the justice or judge…
Section 531 — Change of venue
Despite any other provision of this Act but subject to any regulations made under section 533, if an order made under section 530 cannot be conveniently complied with in the territorial division in…
Section 532 — Saving
Nothing in this Part or the Official Languages Act derogates from or otherwise adversely affects any right afforded by a law of a province in force on the coming into force of this Part in that…
Section 533 — Regulations
The Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province may make regulations generally for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Part in the province and the Commissioner of Yukon, the…
Section 533.1 — Review
Within three years after this section comes into force, a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Part shall be undertaken by any committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons…
Section 534
[Repealed, 1997, c. 18, s. 63]
Section 535 — Inquiry by justice
If an accused who is charged with an indictable offence that is punishable by 14 years or more of imprisonment is before a justice and a request has been made for a preliminary inquiry under…
Section 536 — Remand by justice to provincial court judge in certain cases
Where an accused is before a justice other than a provincial court judge charged with an offence over which a provincial court judge has absolute jurisdiction under section 553, the justice shall…
Section 536.1 — Remand by justice — Nunavut
If an accused is before a justice of the peace charged with an indictable offence mentioned in section 553, the justice of the peace shall remand the accused to appear before a judge. If an accused…
Section 536.2 — Elections and re-elections in writing
An election or a re-election by an accused in respect of a mode of trial may be made by submission of a document in writing without the personal appearance of the accused.
Section 536.3 — Statement of issues and witnesses
If a request for a preliminary inquiry is made, the prosecutor or, if the request was made by the accused, counsel for the accused shall, within the period fixed by rules of court made under section…