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The department's responsibilities reflect the double role of the Minister of Justice, who is also by law the Attorney General of Canada: in general terms, the Minister is concerned with the administration of justice, including policy in such areas as criminal law, family law, human rights law, and Aboriginal justice; the Attorney General is the ...
The Act amended Section 153 of the Criminal Code to additionally prohibit the sexual touching of a person under the age of 18 if they are "in a relationship with a young person that is exploitative of the young person", increased various penalties related to child abuse, made voyeurism an offence, and expands the definition of child pornography ...
Such citations and abbreviations are found in court decisions, statutes, regulations, journal articles, books, and other documents. Below is a basic list of very common abbreviations. Because publishers adopt different practices regarding how abbreviations are printed, one may find abbreviations with or without periods for each letter.
The U.S. Department of Justice, the principal financial supporter of the National CASA/GAL Association, issued a "High Risk Letter" dated March 29, 2023, signaling a temporary suspension of funding. This communication followed a comprehensive joint review conducted in October 2022 by the department's juvenile justice and finance offices.
Department of Justice, also called a ministry of justice; United States Department of Justice; Department of Justice (Philippines) Department of Justice (Canada) Double Open Jaw, a kind of open-jaw ticket used for calculating airfares
Canada became a signatory to the convention on 28 May 1990 [1] and ratified in 1991. [33] Youth criminal laws in Canada underwent major changes resulting in the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) which went into effect on 1 April 2003. The Act specifically refers to Canada's different commitments under the convention.
The Young Offenders Act (YOA; French: Loi sur les jeunes contrevenants) was an act of the Parliament of Canada, granted Royal Assent in 1982 and proclaimed in force on April 2, 1984, that regulated the criminal prosecution of Canadian youths. [1] The act was repealed in 2003 with the passing of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Important Canadian criminal laws not forming part of the Code include the Firearms Act, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Food and Drugs Act, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the Contraventions Act. The Code underwent a major revision in 1954 but nonetheless remains the fundamental criminal law of Canada ...