LAWS 2302 Study Guide - Final Guide: Victims Family, Self-Defense, Psychosis
27 Sep 2016
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Crime: any act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute. Criminal law: the body of laws that prohibit and punish acts that injure individual people, property and the entire community. Federal statute that contains the majority of the criminal laws passed by parliament. Lists crimes, sentenced and procedures to follow when trying those accused of crimes. Amendments to the code are made when the values of canadian society change. John a. macdonald strongly advocated having one set of criminal laws for the whole country. So in july 1892, canadian parliament passed a statute called the criminal code of. Canada which combined a description of crimes and criminal law procedure into a single statute, code has been amended every year since. Authority for administering the criminal justice system is shared between the federal and provincial governments. Technically, laws passed by provinces or municipalities are not considered laws but quasi-criminal laws.
