HF 55-56 VICTORIA. CHAP. 29. An Act respecting the Criminal Law. ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: TITLE I. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS. PART I. PRELIMINARY. 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Criminal Code, 1892. COMMENCEMENT OF ACT. 2 This Act shall come into force on the first day of July, 1893. INTERPRETATION CLAUSE. 3. In this Act the following expressions have the meanings assigned to them in this section unless the context requires otherwise : 66 (a) The expression "any Act," or any other Act," includes any Act passed or to be passed by the Parliament of Canada, or any Act passed by the legislature of the late province of Canada, or passed or to be passed by the legislature of any province of Canada, or passed by the legislature of any province included in Canada before it was included therein; R. S. C. c. 174, 8. 2 (a). (b) The expression "Attorney-General" means the Attorney-General or Solicitor-General of any province in Canada in which any proceedings are taken under this Act, and, with respect to the North-west Territories and the district of Keewatin, the Attorney-General of Canada; R. S. C. c. 150, s. 2 (a). CRIM. LAW-1 |