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Section 10(a) requires that a person who is arrested or detained must be told why. [1] In R. v. Latimer (1997), the Supreme Court of Canada considered an argument in which a person, Robert Latimer, was told he was being "detained", but was not told he was being "arrested" and could be charged with the murder of his daughter. The Court found ...
Halpern v Canada (AG), [2003] O.J. No. 2268 is a June 10, 2003 decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in which the Court found that the common law definition of marriage, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman, violated section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Section 15 equality rights Figueroa v Canada (AG) [2003] 1 S.C.R. 912, 2003 SCC 37 June 27, 2003 Right to run for office R v Asante-Mensah [2003] 2 S.C.R. 3, 2003 SCC 38 July 11, 2003 Citizens' powers of arrest Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Board) v Martin; Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Board) v Laseur
In 2001, the majority of Canadian marriages (76.4%) were religious, with the remainder (23.6%) being performed by non-clergy. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Canada nationally since 2005. Court decisions, starting in 2003, had already legalized same-sex marriage in eight out of ten provinces and one of three territories.
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] The criteria by which the court will consider whether the rights of an accused under this provision have been infringed were set out in R. v. Askov (1990).
Printed copies of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of the Constitution of Canada. [19] The Charter guarantees political, mobility, and equality rights and fundamental freedoms such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion for private individuals and some organisations. [20]
The formal prerequisites of a valid marriage are set out marriage laws of each Canadian province and territory. [6] The parties must have a marriage license, be of proper age, or have parental consent. A marriage will generally be formally valid if it confirms to the laws of the province where the marriage is celebrated (lex loci celebrationis ...
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (French: Loi modifiant la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne et le Code criminel) is a law passed in 2017 by the Parliament of Canada. It was introduced as Bill C-16 of the first session of the 42nd Parliament.