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Criminal offenses (French: infraction) are divided into three categories, according to increasing severity: contravention, délit [a] and crime. [b] The latter two categories are determined by the legislature, while contraventions are the responsibility of the executive branch.
In France, the term criminal procedure (French: procédure pénale) has two meanings; a narrow one, referring to the process that happens during a criminal case as it proceeds through the phases of receiving and investigating a complaint, arresting suspects, and bringing them to trial, resulting in possible sentencing—and a broader meaning referring to the way the justice system is organized ...
In 1995, Martin Omar Suazo was shot by a Montreal police officer leading to a police ethics commission investigation which found the police officer responsible for improper use of a firearm and led to his short-term suspension. [14] In 2001, 19-year-old Michael Kibbe fell to his death at a Montreal police station while trying to escape arrest. [14]
The Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales ("Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions"), or DPCP, is a public body which authorizes and directs criminal and penal prosecutions on behalf of the State of Quebec.
CBFT-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the French-language service of Ici Radio-Canada Télé.It is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada) alongside CBC Television outlet CBMT-DT (channel 6).
in international law and diplomacy, a procès-verbal is the process of adopting corrections to the text of a treaty, by mutual agreement of the parties.As such it is a process of amendment, but is reserved for minor and non-controversial technical corrections that do not change the substance of the treaty.
Quebec is predominantly francophone, with its anglophone minority centred primarily around the city of Montreal. Accordingly, Quebec has only one station affiliated with each of Canada's major English-language broadcast networks. CBMT-DT (CBC Television) CFCF-DT ; CJNT-DT ; CKMI-DT
Section 11(b) provides that 11. Any person charged with an offence has the right... (b) to be tried within a reasonable time; Section 11(b) can be taken to provide a right to a speedy trial. [3]