POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Narcotic Control Act, Fundamental Justice, Equal Protection Clause
24 Jan 2020
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In canada, if a law violates the charter, that law can be stricken down: reasonable limits clause essentially states that all rights have limits. Limit cannot be established by government official (e. g. , a police officer at the side of the road) - only in court. Charter right or freedom, and the objective which has been identified as of "sufficient importance. : r. v oakes [1986] i s. c. r. "on december 17, 1981, david edwin oakes was caught with eight vials of hashish oil () he claimed he had purchased ten vials of hashish oil for for his own use. . 45, which he claimed to have received from a government program. Despite oakes" protests that the vials were meant for pain relief and that the money he had was from a workers" compensation cheque, section 8 of the narcotic control act ("nca") established a.
