UNIFORM LAW CONFERENCE OF CANADA CRIMINAL SECTION RESOLUTIONS August 2023

Carried as Amended: 19-3-4 British Columbia BC2023-01 That section 10 of the Criminal Code be amended to provide the Attorney General the right to appeal, in accordance with Part XXI of the Criminal Code: (a) from the acquittal where a court, judge, justice or provincial court judge summarily acquits a person for contempt of court; and, (b) against the punishment imposed where a court, judge, just. [...] Carried as Amended: 22-2-3 BC2023-02 That the Criminal Code be amended to exempt warrants to search electronic devices, conveyances, and other forms of personal property in the possession of the police from the application of section 488. [...] Carried as Amended: 19-0-6 2 Votes reported: In Favour – Opposed – Abstentions Canada Canada – Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges Can-CAPCJ2023-01 / Can-ACJCP2023-01 That Justice Canada, in consultation with the provinces and territories, review with a view of possible amendments, Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code to allow the court to consider the issue of fitness of the accused to stan. [...] Withdrawn Saskatchewan SK2023-01 That section 231 of the Criminal Code be amended to provide that the murder of a person who is a lawful occupant of a dwelling-house during the commission of a home invasion is first degree murder. [...] Withdrawn QC2023-07 That Justice Canada review section 535 and paragraphs 548(1)(a) and (b) of the Criminal Code to determine whether they should be amended to avoid any possible ambiguity as to the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace at the preliminary inquiry, namely their limited jurisdiction to inquire into offences punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 14 years or more that are.