Glossary

Glossary of Terms Within the Criminal Notebook

• CCC or Code = "Criminal Code of Canada"
• CDSA = "Controlled Drugs and Substances Act"
• CEA = "Canada Evidence Act"
• Charter = "Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms"
• CSO = "conditional sentence"
• FA = "Firearms Act"
• IA = "Interpretation Act"
• J = "Justice" or "Judge"
• JA = "Appellate Justice"
• JP = "Justice of the Peace"
• NCR or NCRDMD = "not criminally responsible due to mental disorder"
• PCJ = "Provincial Court Judge"
• Prob. or PB = "probation order"
• s. = Section(s) / Subsection(s)
• SCC = "Supreme Court of Canada"
• NSCA = "Nova Scotia Court of Appeal"
• SCJ = "Superior Court Justice" or "Supreme Court Justice"
• SS = "suspended sentence order"
• YCJA = "Youth Criminal Justice Act"