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Canadian Criminal Code - definition of Canadian Criminal Code in Encyclopedia (263 words) |
 | It should be noted that the Canadian Criminal Code is not a code in the civil law meaning of the term, because it does present principles in any logical way. |
| It was based on a drafted code called "the Stephen Code", written by the Sir James Stephens as part of a Royal Commission in England in 1879. |
| By means of Charter Challenges, numerous sections of the code have been struck down as infringing on a constitutional right as defined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. |
| Reference re ss. 193 and 195.1(1)(C) of the criminal code (Man.), 1990 CanLII 105 (S.C.C.) (16196 words) |
| To render criminal the communicative acts of persons engaged in a lawful activity which is not shown to be harming anybody cannot be justified by the legislative objective advanced in its support. |
| The Criminal Code provision subject to attack in these proceedings clearly responds to the concerns of home-owners, businesses, and the residents of urban neighbourhoods. |
| He further added that if the provisions of the Criminal Code constituted infringements of rights and freedoms under the Charter then they were reasonable limits demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. |
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