Criminal Code
Criminal Code
Table of Contents
Criminal Code
1 - Short Title
2 - Interpretation
3.1 - Part I
3.1 - General
21 - Parties to Offences
25 - Protection of Persons Administering and Enforcing the Law
32 - Suppression of Riots
33.1 - Self-induced Extreme Intoxication
34 - Defence of Person
35 - Defence of Property
43 - Protection of Persons in Authority
46 - PART II - Offences Against Public Order
46 - Treason and other Offences against the Queen’s Authority and
Person
49 - Prohibited Acts
56.1 - Official Documents
59 - Sedition
63 - Unlawful Assemblies and Riots
70 - Unlawful Drilling
71 - Duels
72 - Forcible Entry and Detainer
74 - Piracy
76 - Offences against Air or Maritime Safety
79 - Dangerous Materials and Devices
83 - Prize Fights
83.01 - PART II.1 - Terrorism
83.01 - Interpretation
83.02 - Financing of Terrorism
83.05 - List of Entities
83.08 - Freezing of Property
83.13 - Seizure and Restraint of Property
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620 - Organizations
624 - Record of Proceedings
625.1 - Pre-hearing Conference
626 - Juries
628 - Challenging the Array
631 - Empanelling Jury
645 - Trial
655 - Evidence on Trial
658 - Children and Young Persons
659 - Corroboration
660 - Verdicts
664 - Previous Convictions
669.1 - Jurisdiction
670 - Formal Defects in Jury Process
672.1 - PART XX.1 - Mental Disorder
672.1 - Interpretation
672.11 - Assessment Orders
672.2 - Assessment Reports
672.21 - Protected Statements
672.22 - Fitness to Stand Trial
672.34 - Verdict of Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental
Disorder
672.38 - Review Boards
672.45 - Disposition Hearings
672.54 - Dispositions by a Court or Review Board
672.54 - Terms of Dispositions
672.64 - High-Risk Accused
672.67 - Dual Status Offenders
672.72 - Appeals
672.81 - Review of Dispositions
672.85 - Power to Compel Appearance
672.851 - Stay of Proceedings
672.86 - Interprovincial Transfers
672.9 - Enforcement of Orders and Regulations
673 - PART XXI - Appeals — Indictable Offences
673 - Interpretation
674 - Right of Appeal
678 - Procedure on Appeals
686 - Powers of the Court of Appeal
691 - Appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada
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Related Information
Related Provisions
Amendments Not In Force
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Amendments *
Amendment Citation Amendment date
2023, c. 14 2023-06-20
2023, c. 7 2023-05-27
2022, c. 12 2023-01-16
2022, c. 17 2023-01-14
2022, c. 18 2022-12-15
2022, c. 15 2022-11-17
2022, c. 10 2022-10-26
2022, c. 10 2022-10-01
2022, c. 10 2022-06-23
2022, c. 11 2022-06-23
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New Brunswick Criminal Appeal Rule 63 with Respect to Criminal Appeals to the
Court of Appeal (SI/82-13)
New Brunswick for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the
Criminal Code, Order Designating (SOR/2017-40)
New Brunswick Rules of Practice Respecting Reduction in the Number of Years of
Imprisonment without Eligibility for Parole (SOR/2004-264)
New Brunswick Summary Conviction Appeal Rule 64 with Respect to Summary
Conviction Appeals to the Court of Queen’s Bench (SI/92-2)
New Brunswick Translated Documents Regulations [Revoked] (SOR/93-9)
New Brunswick Translated Documents Regulations, SOR/93-9, Order Revoking
the (SOR/2023-5)
Newfoundland and Labrador for the Purposes of Section 347.1 of the Criminal Code,
Order Designating (SOR/2018-257)
Newfoundland Rules of Practice Respecting Reduction in the Number of Years of
Imprisonment Without Eligibility for Parole (SOR/89-297)
Northwest Territories Rules of Practice Respecting Applications and Hearings
concerning a Reduction in the Number of Years of Imprisonment Without eligibility
for Parole (SOR/98-392)
Nova Scotia for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal
Code, Order Designating (SOR/2009-177)
Nova Scotia Rules of Practice Respecting Applications and Hearings Concerning a
Reduction in the Number of Years of Imprisonment without Eligibility for
Parole (SOR/2005-10)
Offences to be Serious Offences, Regulations Prescribing Certain (SOR/2010-161)
Ontario for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal
Code, Order Designating (SOR/2009-277)
Ontario Review of Parole Ineligibility Rules (Rule 50) (SOR/2013-249)
Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2017) (SOR/2017-87)
Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2018) (SOR/2018-46)
Order Recommending that Each Entity Listed as of July 23, 2004, in the Regulations
Establishing a List of Entities Remain a Listed Entity (SI/2004-155)
Order Recommending that Each Entity Listed as of July 23, 2006, in the Regulations
Establishing a List of Entities Remain a Listed Entity (SI/2006-133)
Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations (SOR/91-365)
Pari-Mutuel Payments Order (SI/83-72)
Prince Edward Island – Criminal Appeal Rules of Court (SI/2011-109)
Prince Edward Island Criminal Rule of Practice Respecting Reduction in the Number
of Years of Imprisonment Without Eligibility for Parole (SOR/92-383)
Prince Edward Island for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of
the Criminal Code, Order Designating [Not in force] (SOR/2014-277)
Protection of Privacy Regulations (C.R.C., c. 440)
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