Reference Re Criminal Code, s. 293
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
| Citation | [2011] B.C.T.C. Uned. 1588,2011 BCSC 1588,[2011] B.C.T.C. Uned. 1588 (SC) |
| Date | 23 November 2011 |
| Subject Matter | CIVIL RIGHTS,PRACTICE,EVIDENCE,CRIMINAL LAW |
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53 practice notes
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Sources of Authority: Federal-Level Powers and the Constitution Acts
...Use of Land (Charlottesville, VA: Michie, 1964). 226 2009 SCC 37. 227 See Criminal Code of Canada (Re) , 2009 BCSC 1668; 2010 BCSC 517; 2011 BCSC 1588; Blackmore v British Columbia (Attorney General) 2009 BCSC 1299; 2015 BCSC 1099. Sources of Authority: Federal-Level Powers and the Constitu......
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The Criminal Law and the Constitution
...requires certain minimal fault requirements. 209 Canada (Atttorney General) v. Bedford, 2012 ONCA 186. 210 Reference re Section 293, 2011 BCSC 1588 at paras. 1202–5 and 1226. The Criminal Law and the Constitution 67 i) Moral Innocence and Absolute Liability In the B.C. Motor Vehicle Referen......
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The Criminal Law and the Constitution
...new law may impose on sex workers 263 Ibid . 264 Malmo-Levine , above note 9. 265 Carter , above note 11. 266 Reference re Section 293 , 2011 BCSC 1588 at paras 1202–205 and 1226. The Court, however, did hold that the offence was overbroad as it could be applied to minors between twelve and......
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Marriage
...v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (1999), 162 FTR 209. 28 Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada , 2011 BCSC 1588; see also Angela Campbell, Polygamy in Canada: Legal and Social Implications for Women and Children: A Collection of Policy Research Reports (......
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R. v. Aitken (D.C.M.)
...254 O.A.C. 9; 97 O.R.(3d) 330; 2009 ONCA 624, refd to. [para. 71]. Reference Re Criminal Code, s. 293, [2011] B.C.T.C. Uned. 1588; 2011 BCSC 1588, refd to. [para. United City Properties Ltd. v. Tong, [2010] B.C.T.C. Uned. 111; 2010 BCSC 111, refd to. [para. 71]. R. v. Abbey, [1982] 2 S.C.R.......
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Inglis et al. v. British Columbia (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) et al.
...preventative measures and are not limited to reacting once harm occurs: see Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada , 2011 BCSC 1588 at paras. 1188, 1190 and 1195 [ Reference re: s. 293 ]. [434] The defendants submit that the question for this Court is whether Mr. Merchant ......
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Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy v British Columbia
...Court) to permit broadcast of the proceedings in the Polygamy Reference case: Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada, 2011 BCSC 1588. At para 43 of that decision the Chief Justice described the camera set-up in the courtroom and provided a report of sorts on the filming ex......
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Boughton v. Widner Estate
...polygamy, in direct contravention of provisions of the Criminal Code. In Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada, 2011 BCSC 1588, Bauman CJSC (as he then was) determined that the criminal law prohibits any kind of conjugal union with more than one person at the same time &#......
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A Tale Of Two Spouses: Boughton v. Widner Estate
...polygamy, in direct contravention of provisions of the Criminal Code. In Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada, 2011 BCSC 1588, Bauman CJSC (as he then was) determined that the criminal law prohibits any kind of conjugal union with more than one person at the same time – ......
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Marriage
...of Citizenship and Immigration) (1999), 162 FTR 209. 28 RSC 1985, c C-46. See Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada , 2011 BCSC 1588; see also Angela Campbell, Polygamy in Canada: Legal and Social Implications for Women and Children: A Collection of Policy Research Report......
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...26, 33 Reference re Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada, 2011 BCSC 1588 ............................................................................................ 71 Reference re ss. 193 & 195.1(1)(c) of the Criminal Code (Canada), [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1123, 56 C.C.C. (3d) 65, 77 C.R. (......
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...Reference re: Broome v. Prince Edward Island, 2010 SCC 11.............................337 Reference re: Criminal Code of Canada (B.C.), 2011 BCSC 1588 ..................... 180 Regina Correctional Centre (Inmate Committee) v. Saskatchewan (1995), 133 Sask. R. 61 (Q.B.) ...........................
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Sources of Authority: Federal-Level Powers and the Constitution Acts
...Use of Land (Charlottesville, VA: Michie, 1964). 226 2009 SCC 37. 227 See Criminal Code of Canada (Re) , 2009 BCSC 1668; 2010 BCSC 517; 2011 BCSC 1588; Blackmore v British Columbia (Attorney General) 2009 BCSC 1299; 2015 BCSC 1099. Sources of Authority: Federal-Level Powers and the Constitu......
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