Contraventions Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 In this Act,

Attorney General

Attorney General means the Attorney General of Canada or the Attorney General of a province, and includes counsel or an agent exercising any of the powers or performing any of the duties and functions of the Attorney General for the purposes of the applicable laws of a province or this Act, as the case may be; (procureur général)

contravention

contravention means an offence that is created by an enactment and is designated as a contravention by regulation of the Governor in Council; (contravention)

contraventions court

contraventions court means, in respect of a contravention alleged to have been committed in, or otherwise within the territorial jurisdiction of the courts of, a province, a court designated by order of the Governor in Council in respect of that province; (tribunal des contraventions)

enactment

enactment means any Act of Parliament or any regulation, rule, order, by-law or ordinance made under an Act of Parliament; (texte)

enforcement authority

enforcement authority means, in respect of a contravention,

• (a) any police officer or constable, including a special or auxiliary constable,

• (b) the minister responsible for administering the enactment creating the contravention,

• (c) any person, or member of a class of persons, designated by the minister responsible for administering the enactment creating the contravention, or

• (d) the corporation or other body that made or is responsible for administering the enactment creating the contravention; (agent de l’autorité)

fees

fees means any of the amounts provided for under paragraph 8(1)(e); (frais)

forfeitable thing

forfeitable thing[Repealed, 1996, c. 7, s. 1]

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Justice; (ministre)

prescribed

prescribed means prescribed by regulation; (réglementaire)

ticket

ticket means a ticket issued under this Act; (procès-verbal)

young person

young person means, in respect of a contravention, a person who, at the time of the contravention, is or, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, appears to be twelve years of age or more but under eighteen years of age; (adolescent)

youth court

youth court means, in respect of a contravention alleged to have been committed by a young person in, or otherwise within the territorial jurisdiction of the courts of, a province, the court established or designated by or under an Act of the legislature of the province, or designated by the Governor in Council or lieutenant governor in council of the province, as the youth court for the purposes of the Young Offenders Act. (tribunal pour adolescents)