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<div style="font-size:162%;  border:none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;">Welcome to <br>The Criminal Law Notebook,</div>
<div style="top:+0.2em; font-size:95%; overflow:auto; word-wrap: break-word;">a free resource of Canadian criminal law written by Peter Dostal.</div>
<div style="top:+0.2em; font-size:95%; overflow:auto; word-wrap: break-word;">a free resource of Canadian criminal law written by Peter Dostal.</div>
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<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">May 8, 2020</div>
''Feature Update'': Quotations from most legislation now include an option to note up the provision on CanLII.
<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">May 1, 2020</div>
Government adds to [[Definition of Prohibited Firearms|Regulation SOR/98-462]] deeming a list of over 1,000 firearms to be prohibited.
<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">December 18, 2019</div>
<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">December 18, 2019</div>
The last portion of bill C-75 is now in force. It includes major changes to the detention and release provisions.
The last portion of bill C-75 is now in force. It includes major changes to the detention and release provisions.
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<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">June 21, 2019</div>
<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">June 21, 2019</div>
Bill C-75 given royal asset. This bill adopts the ''Antic'' decision broadening bail, reduces the amount of court order breach prosecutions, removes pre-emptory challenges in jury trials, expands penalty for summary election offences, removes preliminary inquiry on certain eligible offences, removes certain unconstitutional provisions, and other changes. Most provisions come into force 90 and 180 days later.  [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/06/government-of-canada-announces-criminal-code-reforms-to-modernize-the-criminal-justice-system-and-reduce-delays.html]
Bill C-75 given royal asset. This bill adopts the ''Antic'' decision broadening bail, reduces the amount of court order breach prosecutions, removes pre-emptory challenges in jury trials, expands penalty for summary election offences, removes preliminary inquiry on certain eligible offences, removes certain unconstitutional provisions, and other changes. Most provisions come into force 90 and 180 days later.  [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2019/06/government-of-canada-announces-criminal-code-reforms-to-modernize-the-criminal-justice-system-and-reduce-delays.html]
<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">December 18, 2018</div>
Bill C-46 on "Conveyances" affecting Criminal Code offences relating to driving, including drug impairment, has now come into force.
<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">December 14, 2018</div>
The Supreme Court of Canada in ''R v Boudreault'', [http://canlii.ca/t/hwkqj  2018 SCC 58] (CanLII){{perSCC|Martin J}}, finds mandatory imposition of victim fine surcharges on persons convicted of crime was found invalid as "cruel and unusual" punishment.


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* [http://canlii.org/ CanLII.org] and [http://www.openparliament.ca/ OpenParliament.ca]
* [http://canlii.org/ CanLII.org] and [http://www.openparliament.ca/ OpenParliament.ca]
* [https://primarydocuments.ca/ primarydocuments.ca]
* [http://canliiconnects.org/ Canliiconnects.org]  
* [http://canliiconnects.org/ Canliiconnects.org]  
* [http://henrywaldock.ca/ Henry Waldock's Legal Topics for Canadian Police]
* [http://henrywaldock.ca/ Henry Waldock's Legal Topics for Canadian Police]
* [https://apanewslaw.wordpress.com/ Altantic Police Academy News Law]
* [https://apanewslaw.wordpress.com/ Altantic Police Academy News Law]
* [http://www.jibc.ca/programs-courses/schools-departments/school-criminal-justice-security/police-academy/resources/10-8-newsletter 10-8 Justice Institute of BC Newsletter]  
* [https://www.jibc.ca/advanced-search?search=10-8+&type=documents&field_area_of_study=All&field_program_type=All&field_location=All 10-8 Justice Institute of BC Newsletter]  
* [http://www.duhaime.org/LegalResources/CriminalLaw.aspx Duhaime On Criminal Law]
* [http://www.duhaime.org/LegalResources/CriminalLaw.aspx Duhaime On Criminal Law]
* [https://twitter.com/CrimLawNotebook Criminal Law Notebook on Twitter]
* [https://twitter.com/CrimLawNotebook Criminal Law Notebook on Twitter]
* [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/index.html DOJ Research Reports on Criminal Justice System]
* [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/index.html DOJ Research Reports on Criminal Justice System]
* [https://www.cjc-ccm.gc.ca/cmslib/Committee/JTAC/JTAC-Consolidation-of-Standards-2009-04-02-E.pdf The Preparation, Citation and Distribution of Canadian Decisions]
* [https://www.cjc-ccm.gc.ca/cmslib/Committee/JTAC/JTAC-Consolidation-of-Standards-2009-04-02-E.pdf The Preparation, Citation and Distribution of Canadian Decisions]
* [https://ratio.law/ Canadian Criminal Law Headnotes] (experimental)
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Revision as of 17:19, 17 January 2021

Welcome to
The Criminal Law Notebook,
a free resource of Canadian criminal law written by Peter Dostal.
1147 articles

Law
Evidence
Search and Seizure
Procedure and Practice
Sentencing

The Criminal Law Notebook

This site reviews a variety of topics in Canadian criminal law. It is intended to be used as a reference for those seeking to understand technical elements of the law better. It will be particularly useful to practitioners, police officers and law students who need a convenient way to look up legislation, principles, and case law. Citations include links to CanLII whenever possible. The reader is assumed to have prior knowledge of criminal law.

To learn more about this project, read the About The Criminal Law Notebook page.

Please feel free to contact the author, Peter Dostal, LLB, at peter.dostal@gmail.com with any comments.

If you are interested in helping to keep the website up and free to everyone, consider making a one-time donation or become a patron to help cover the costs of running this website.

Browse our 1147 articles

The articles are divided into five core categories:

Case Digests

You can also browse by case digest topic.

Other Articles

List of Criminal Code Amendments | Criminal Code Table of Concordance | List of Offences by Penalty | Definitions | Criminal Code Forms | Precedents, Court Forms and Checklists | Rules of Court | Glossary | Crime Statistics | Court Composition

Full Content by Volume (very large pages)
Vol 1 - Criminal Law Vol 1.1 - Offence Profiles (A to J)
Vol 2 - Evidence Vol 3 - Search and Seizure
Vol 4 - Procedure (A to E) Vol 5 - Sentencing
Vol 6 - Case Digests (A to C) Vol 7 - Reference Materials

News

May 8, 2020

Feature Update: Quotations from most legislation now include an option to note up the provision on CanLII.

May 1, 2020

Government adds to Regulation SOR/98-462 deeming a list of over 1,000 firearms to be prohibited.

December 18, 2019

The last portion of bill C-75 is now in force. It includes major changes to the detention and release provisions.

September 19, 2019

A large portion of bill C-75 is now in force, including removal of preliminary inquiries for certain indictable offences.

June 21, 2019

Bill C-75 given royal asset. This bill adopts the Antic decision broadening bail, reduces the amount of court order breach prosecutions, removes pre-emptory challenges in jury trials, expands penalty for summary election offences, removes preliminary inquiry on certain eligible offences, removes certain unconstitutional provisions, and other changes. Most provisions come into force 90 and 180 days later. [1]

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