The Criminal Code, 1892, 55-56 Victoria, Chap. 29, Together with An Act to Amend the Canada Temperance Amendment Act, 1888, Being Chapter 26 of the Same Session

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SECT	30

TITLE I	31

Meaning of expressions in other Acts retained	36

Consequences of committing offence	37

Compulsion by threats	38

Execution of erroneous sentence or process	39

Irregular warrant or process	40

Defence of movable property with claim of right	46

Search warrant	188

Search for public stores	190

Search for liquors near Her Majestys vessels	191

Search for vagrant	192

Not fighting pirates	193

Warrant for witness in first instance	194

Witness refusing to be examined	195

Discretionary powers of the justice	196

TITLE II	48

Conspiracy	49

Conspiracy to intimidate a legislature	50

Resisting execution of warrant for arrest of deserters	51

Communicating information acquired by holding office	52

PART V	53

Punishment of riot	54

Riotous destruction of buildings	55

Affray	56

Attending or promoting a prizefight	57

Offence committed other than the offence intended	62

Corruption of officers employed in prosecuting offenders	67

Punishment of perjury	73

SECT PAGE 162 Attempting to break prison	76

Escape from custody after conviction or from prison	77

How escaped prisoners shall be punished	78

Disturbing public worship	79

Acts of gross indecency	80

Seduction of girls under sixteen	81

Parent or guardian procuring defilement of girl	82

Carnally knowing idiots c	83

Common nuisances which are criminal	84

Vagrant defined	90

MURDER MANSLAUGHTER	93

Injuring persons by furious driving	99

SECT PAGE 262 Assaults causing actual bodily harm	101

PART XXI	102

Woman procuring her own miscarriage	103

Punishment of bigamy	104

Solemnization of marriage without lawful authority	105

Abduction of girl under sixteen	106

Publishing in courts of justice	107

Seeking remedy for grievance	108

Pointing any firearm at any person	109

TITLE VI	110

Theft defined	111

Theft by person holding a power of attorney	112

Theft by coowner	113

Receiving property obtained by offence punishable on summary conviction	114

Lying in wait for persons returning from public meeting	115

Stealing post letters packets and keys	116

Pigeons	117

Trees of the value of twentyfive cents	118

Roots plants c growing in gardens c	119

Stealing in dwellinghouses	120

Stealing wreck	121

PART XXVII	122

False accounting by official	123

Unlawfully applying marks to public stores	129

SECT PAGE 402 Compelling execution of documents by force	133

Extortion by other threats	134

Breaking place of worship and committing offence	135

Breaking shop with intent to commit an indictable offence 415 Being found in dwellinghouse by night	136

Forgery defined	137

Punishment of forgery	138

Uttering forged documents	141

Possessing forged bank notes	142

Counterfeiting stamps	143

Falsifying registers	144

Uttering alse certificates	145

Clerks issuing false dividend warrants	146

Words or marks on watch cases	148

Selling goods falsely markeddefence	149

Falsely representing that goods are manufactured for Her Majesty c	150

Exception respecting trade description lawfully applied to goods on 22nd May 1888 c	151

Acknowledging instrument in false name	152

When offence completed	153

Manufacture of copper coin and importation of uncurrent copper coin	154

Bringing instruments for coining from mints into Canada	155

Possessing counterfeit coins	156

Uttering uncurrent copper coins	157

PART XXXVII	158

Attempt to commit arson	159

Threats to burn c	160

Injuries to electric telegraphs c	161

Injuries to rafts of timber and works used for the transmission thereof	162

Attempting to injure or poison cattle	164

Injuries to buildings by tenants	165

Injuries to trees c wheresoever growing	166

PART XXXVIII	167

The conveyance of cattle	168

PART XXXIX	169

Criminal breaches of contract	170

Posting up copies of provisions respecting criminal breaches of contractdefacing same	171

Intimidation of any person to prevent him from working at any trade	172

PART XL	173

TITLE VII	174

Construction of reference to certain Acts	175

PART VII	176

Criminal breach of trust 123	177

Time within which proceedings shall be commenced in certain cases	178

Arrest without warrant	181

PART XLIV	182

When justice may compel appearance	183

Offences committed in the district of Gaspé	184

Information	185

Warrant for apprehension in first instance	186

Proceeding when offender is not within the jurisdiction of the justice issuing the warrant	187

Hearing may proceed during time of remand 590 Evidence for the prosecution	197

Confession or admission of accused	198

Copy of depositions	199

Witness refusing to be bound over	200

Bail after committal	201

Warrant of deliverance	202

Delivery of accused to prison	203

Offences may be charged in the alternative	204

SECT PAGE 615 Indictments for libel	205

Indictment for pretending to send money c in letter	206

Indictment for offences in respect to postal cards c	207

Joinder of counts and proceedings thereon	208

Objections to an indictment	209

Depositions and judges notes on former trial	210

Plea of justification in case of libel	211

Notice to be served on corporation	212

Sending bill before grand jury	213

Names of witnesses to be endorsed on bill of indictment	214

PART XLIX	215

Indictment after removal	216

PART L	217

Pleas in abatement abolished	218

Prosecutors right to sum up	219

Challenging the array	220

Challenges and directions to stand by	221

Right to cause jurors to stand aside in case of libel	222

Accused persons joining and severing in their challenges	223

Proceedings when previous offence charged	224

Witness in Canada but beyond jurisdiction of court	225

Presence of prisoner when such evidence is taken	226

When evidence of one witness must be corroborated	227

Depositions on preliminary inquiry may be read in evidence	228

SECT PAGE 694 Proof of previous conviction	229

Comparison of disputed writing with genuine	230

Other evidence that place is a common gaminghouse	231

Evidence of stealing ores or minerals	232

Full offence chargedattempt proved	233

Proceedings against receivers	234

Verdict in case of libel	235

Variance and amendment	236

Form of record of conviction or acquittal	237

Jury de ventre inspiciendo abolished	238

Verdict not to be impeached for certain omissions as to jurors	239

Custody of persons formerly acquitted for insanity	240

PART LII	241

Evidence for court of appeal	242

New trial by order of Minister of Justice	243

Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada	244

Practice in high court of justice for Ontario	245

Rule to plead	246

Judge to be a court of record	247

Duty of sheriff after committal of accused	248

Continuance of proceedings before another judge	249

Bail in case of election of trial by jury	250

PART LV	251

Offences to be dealt with under this part	252

When magistrate shall have absolute jurisdiction	253

Proceedings on arraignment of accused	254

Proceedings for offences in respect to property worth over ten dollars	255

Full defence allowed	256

Result of hearing to be filed in court of sessions	257

Application of fines	258

TRIAL OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS FOR INDICTABLE OFFENCES 809 Definitions	259

Procuring appearance of accused	260

Consent of child under fourteen no defence	261

Conviction and recognizance to be filed	262

Costs	263

Application of this part	264

Costs in case of libel	265

Compensation for loss of property	266

PART LVIII	267

Time within which proceedings shall be commenced	268

Hearing before justices	269

Certain objections not to vitiate proceedings	270

Hearing to be in open court	271

Nonappearance of prosecutor	272

Adjudication by justice	273

Certificate of dismissal	274

64	278

Order as to costs	286

PART LIX	291

Bail after render	292

Officer to prepare lists of persons under recognizance making default	294

Sale of lands by sheriff under estreated recognizance	295

Roll and return to be transmitted to Minister of Finance	296

PART LX	297

Application of fines c by Order in Council	298

TITLE VIII	299

SECT PAGE 937 Sentence of death to be reported to Secretary of State	300

When deputies may act	301

Rules and regulations as to execution	302

Imprisonment in penitentiary c	303

Imprisonment in reformatories	304

PART LXV	305

Proceedings for not finding sureties to keep the peace	306

PART LXVII	307

Causing death which might have been prevented	397

Tenants and lodgers 115

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Title	The Criminal Code, 1892, 55-56 Victoria, Chap. 29, Together with An Act to Amend the Canada Temperance Amendment Act, 1888, Being Chapter 26 of the Same Session
Author	Canada
Publisher	S.E. Dawson, 1892
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	19 Dec 2011
Length	403 pages

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