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== A. Provincial offences == | == A. Provincial offences == | ||
All offences created by provincial statute are prosecuted as summary conviction offences. Examples of provincial offences are those created by the ''Motor Vehicle Act'', RSBC 1996, c 318, ''Liquor Control and Licensing Act'', | All offences created by provincial statute are prosecuted as summary conviction offences. Examples of provincial offences are those created by the ''Motor Vehicle Act'', RSBC 1996, c 318, ''Liquor Control and Licensing Act'', SBC 2015, c 19, ''Family Law Act'', SBC 2011, c 25, ''Employment Standards Act'', RSBC 1996, c 113, and the ''Residential Tenancy Act'', SBC 2002, c 78. Other summary conviction offences are established by municipal bylaw (i.e. parking violations and lodging-house violations). Note that ''Criminal Code'' offences, though stemming from a federal statute, are prosecuted provincially. | ||
== B. Federal offences == | == B. Federal offences == | ||
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==== ''Criminal Code'' and other federal summary offences ==== | ==== ''Criminal Code'' and other federal summary offences ==== | ||
Unless otherwise specified, the maximum penalty for a summary conviction offence is a fine of up to $5,000, up to six months imprisonment, or both (''Criminal Code'', s 787(1)). An example of a summary offence which carries a greater maximum punishment is uttering threats, ''Criminal Code'', s 264.1(2)(b), which carries a maximum punishment of 18 months jail time. | Unless otherwise specified, the maximum penalty for a summary conviction offence is a fine of up to $5,000, up to six months imprisonment (two years less a day on December 18, 2019), or both (''Criminal Code'', s 787(1)). An example of a summary offence which carries a greater maximum punishment is uttering threats, ''Criminal Code'', s 264.1(2)(b), which carries a maximum punishment of 18 months jail time. | ||
=== b) Indictable offences === | === b) Indictable offences === |
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