Section 469 Offences
General Principles
- Court of criminal jurisdiction
469 Every court of criminal jurisdiction has jurisdiction to try an indictable offence other than
- (a) an offence under any of the following sections:
- (i) section 47 (treason),
- (ii) [Repealed, 2018, c. 29, s. 61]
- (iii) section 51 (intimidating Parliament or a legislature),
- (iv) section 53 (inciting to mutiny),
- (v) section 61 (seditious offences),
- (vi) section 74 (piracy),
- (vii) section 75 (piratical acts), or
- (viii) section 235 (murder);
- Accessories
- (b) the offence of being an accessory after the fact to high treason or treason or murder;
- (c) an offence under section 119 (bribery) by the holder of a judicial office;
- Crimes against humanity
- (c.1) an offence under any of sections 4 to 7 of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act;
- Attempts
- (d) the offence of attempting to commit any offence mentioned in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (vii); or
- Conspiracy
- (e) the offence of conspiring to commit any offence mentioned in paragraph (a).
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 469; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 62; 2000, c. 24, s. 44; 2018, c. 29, s. 61.