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 == B. Applicable Court ==
-Under section 2(5) of the ''Provincial Court Act'', RSBC 1996, c 379, the Provincial Court is designated as the Youth Justice Court for the purposes of the ''YCJA'', and a Provincial Court judge is a Youth Justice Court judge. The superior court of British Columbia (BC) has concurrent jurisdiction as a Youth Justice Court where the Crown is seeking an adult sentence for a young person.
+Under subsection 2(5) of the ''Provincial Court Act'', RSBC 1996, c 379, the Provincial Court is designated as the Youth Justice Court for the purposes of the ''YCJA'', and a Provincial Court judge is a Youth Justice Court judge. Unlike adult charges, even indictable youth charges typically proceed in Provincial Court (''YCJA'' s 142(1)(c)).  The BC Supreme Court has concurrent jurisdiction as a Youth Justice Court where the Crown is seeking an adult sentence for a young person (''YCJA'' s 67).
 == C. Declaration of Principle ==