TITLE

THE CRIMINAL CODE, 1892.

[55-56 VICT., c. 29.]

Amended in 1893 by 56 Vict., c. 32.

ARRANGEMENT OF TITLES, ETC.

I. Introductory provisions...........

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79.

II. Offences against public order, internal and external

III. Offences affecting the administration of law and justice.....

IV. Offences against religion, morals and public convenience.. 102

V. Offences against the person and reputation.......

VI. Offences against rights of property and rights arising out

of contracts, and offences connected with trade........ 266-

135

508

VII. Procedure.....

VIII. Proceedings after conviction....

760

IX. Actions against persons administering the criminal law... 776

X. Repeal, &c...........

777

GENERAL INDEX

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SCHEDULE 1. Forms..........

787

788

2. Table of Acts repealed...........

APPENDIX. Acts and parts of Acts which are not affected by this Act... 790

THE CANADA EVIDENCE ACT 1893......

EXTRA APPENDIX. House of Commons Debates, 1892 on the Criminal

Code .........

The Extradition Act......

The Fugitive Offenders Act.................

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SECT.

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(v)

(w)

(x)

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Prison

Property

Public Officer.

Shipwrecked person....

Superior Court of Criminal jurisdiction......

Territorial division...

Testamentary instrument...

Trustee.......

Valuable security....

Wreck...

Writing....

4. Meaning of expressions in other Acts retained..

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(z)

(an)

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(cc)

(dd)

(ee)

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Mail............

Mailable maller.

Post letter

Post leller bag....

Post office......

5. Offences against statutes of England, Great Britain or the United

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PART II

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MATTERS OF JUSTIFICATION OR EXCUSE,

7. General rule under common law.............................. ...................................................................................................

8. General rule under this Act.......

9. Children under seven....

10. Children between seven and fourteen

11. Insanity.......

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Legal test.

Medical test

Drunkenness.

12. Compulsion by threats

Illustrations.

Compulsion by Force.

Illustrations..........

Compulsion by necessity....

Illustrations

13. Compulsion of wife......

14. Ignorance of the Law....

of Fact

Illustrations.

15. Execution of sentence...............

16. Execution of process......

17. Execution of warrants

18. Execution of erroneous sentence or process

19. Sentence or process without jurisdiction.

20. Arresting the wrong person................

21. Irregular warrant or process............

22. Arrest by peace officer in case of certain offences.

23. Persons assisting peace officer......

24. Arrest of persons found committing certain offences....................................... ...........................

25. Arrest after commission of certain offences.......

26. Arrest of person believed to be committing certain offences by night... 19

Alphabetical List of offences for which an offender FOUND

COMMITTING any of them may be arrested, without war-

rant

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Found commilling," Meaning of .

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27. Arrest by Peace Officer of person whom he finds committing an offence 21

28. Arrest of person found committing any offence at night.

29. Arrest during flight.........

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21

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Powers of Arrest by Peace Officer and by Private Individual

contrasted

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56. Discipline on ships

57. Surgical operations

58. Excess......

59. Consent to death

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30. Statutory power of Arrest........

31. Force used in executing sentence or process or in arrest................

32. Duty of persons arresting.....

33. Peace Officer preventing escape from Arrest for certain offences......

34. Private person preventing escape from Arrest in certain cases......................

35. Preventing escape from arrest in other cases................

36. Preventing escape or rescue after arrest for certain offences...

37. Preventing escape or rescue after arrest in other cases.......... ..........................

38. Preventing Breach of the Peace...........

39. Prevention by Peace Officer of Breach of the Peace......

40. Suppression of Riot by Magistrates.......

41. Suppression of Riot by person acting under lawful orders........

42. Suppression of Riot by persons without orders.........

43. Protection of persons subject to military law .............................................................................. .........................

44. Prevention of certain offences.

45. Self defence against unprovoked assault

46. Self-defence against provoked assault........... ........................... .........................

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Illustrations

47. Prevention of insult

48. Defence of moveable property against trespasser.

49. Defence of moveable property with claim of right

30. Defence of moveable property without claim of right......

51. Defence of dwelling-house....

52. Defence of dwelling-house at night

53. Defence of real property.

Illustrations....

54. Assertion of right to house or land......

55. Discipline of minors.......

Parent and child

Master and apprentice

Teacher and scholar.

Illustrations......

60. Obedience to de facto law.....

63. Accessory after the fact

Comments and authorities

64. Attempts.....

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Comments and authorities....

61. Parties to offences.-Principals.......

62. Offence committed other than the offence intended.....

PARTIES TO THE COMMISSION OF OFFENCES.

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No distinction between principals and accessories before the fact 36

All offenders are principals or accessories after the fact......

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Illustrations

36, 37, 38

Soliciting to crime.....

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