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7 unusual facts about Criminal Code of Canada


Alberta Hospital Edmonton

Admission and continuing treatment at Alberta Hospital Edmonton can be voluntary, formal under the Mental Health Act, or in the Forensic Psychiatry Program under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Mixed martial arts in Ontario

There was also an issue in the interpretation of Section 83 under the Criminal Code of Canada, which deems “prized fighting” illegal.

National Day Against Homophobia

June 1, 2005 marked the event's third anniversary, which was celebrated with a posthumous award to the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who repealed anti-gay clauses from the Criminal Code of Canada, and is famous for saying that "The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation" (a sentence taken from a Globe and Mail editorial).

Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada

Recommendation 11 – Amendments should be made to the Criminal Code of Canada to protect Canadians’ privacy and to explicitly prevent the abuse or misuse of personal health information, with violations in this area considered a criminal offense.

Safety Response Service

SRS Officers are trained to assist in emergencies such as accidents and can make a citizen's arrest (under Section 494 of the Criminal Code of Canada).

Sport Select

It does not offer betting on individual matches, partly because betting on a single sporting event is technically illegal under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Words Worth

The Canada Border Services Agency ruled in 2007 that Words Worth is obscene under subsection 163(8) of the Criminal Code of Canada and is prohibited from being brought into the country.


Alt.sex

The University of Waterloo in 1994 ceased carrying alt.sex-bondage, alt.sex.bestiality, alt.sex-stories, and alt.sex-stories.d upon the recommendation of its ethics committee, which had expressed concerns that the content of those newsgroups may have violated the Criminal Code of Canada.

Kingston Penitentiary

Tim Buck, leader of the Communist Party, was a prisoner at Kingston Penitentiary convicted under Section 98 of the Criminal Code during the early 1930s.

Miller and Cockriell v. The Queen

v. Miller and Cockriell 1977 2 SCR 680 is a leading Canadian Bill of Rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where the Criminal Code of Canada provisions relating to the death penalty were challenged as a violation of the right against "cruel and unusual" punishment under section 2(b) of the Bill of Rights.


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