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Versions of s. 530(5)

C-46 — Criminal Code · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2008-10-01 to present available View Source
    An order under this section that ana accusedtrial be triedheld beforein a justiceone of the peace, provincial court judge, judge or judge and jury who speak the official languagelanguages of Canada that is the language of the accused or the official language of Canada in which the accused can best give testimony may, if the circumstances warrant, be varied by the court to require that the accusedit be triedheld before a justice of the peace, provincial court judge, judge or judge and jury who speakin both official languages of Canada.Canada, and vice versa.
    Full text

    An order under this section that a trial be held in one of the official languages of Canada may, if the circumstances warrant, be varied by the court to require that it be held in both official languages of Canada, and vice versa.

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2008-10-01 View Source

    An order under this section that an accused be tried before a justice of the peace, provincial court judge, judge or judge and jury who speak the official language of Canada that is the language of the accused or the official language of Canada in which the accused can best give testimony may, if the circumstances warrant, be varied by the court to require that the accused be tried before a justice of the peace, provincial court judge, judge or judge and jury who speak both official languages of Canada.