P-2.1 - Act respecting payment of certain witnesses

Section 1 Disposition versions

2016-01-01

1. Subject to the conditions of section 2, when any person is subpoenaed on behalf of the prosecution, or bound by recognizance to give evidence in the Superior Court or the Court of Québec, touching any crime or offence under the Criminal Code (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-46) or a federal penal law, and appears before such court in obedience to such subpoena or under such recognizance, to give evidence, such court, or a judge thereof, may order the bailiff of the district to pay to such person, out of moneys to be advanced to such bailiff for that purpose out of any unappropriated moneys in the hands of the Minister of Finance, by warrant of the Lieutenant-Governor, such sum as the court or judge certifies him to be entitled to under section 2, as a reasonable allowance for his trouble and loss of time.

The bailiff, upon the production of the said order, shall forthwith pay the said sum and enter such payment in his accounts.

The bailiff to whom any money is advanced under the authority of this Act, shall render an account thereof, with vouchers, and transmit it at such time as the Government shall direct.

R. S. 1964, c. 33, s. 1; 1974, c. 11, s. 2; 1988, c. 21, s. 106; 1990, c. 4, s. 620; 1999, c. 40, s. 204; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).

1999-10-22

1. Subject to the conditions of section 2, when any person is subpoenaed on behalf of the prosecution, or bound by recognizance to give evidence in the Superior Court or the Court of Québec, touching any crime or offence under the Criminal Code (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-46) or a federal penal law, and appears before such court in obedience to such subpoena or under such recognizance, to give evidence, such court, or a judge thereof, may order the sheriff of the district to pay to such person, out of moneys to be advanced to such sheriff for that purpose out of any unappropriated moneys in the hands of the Minister of Finance, by warrant of the Lieutenant-Governor, such sum as the court or judge certifies him to be entitled to under section 2, as a reasonable allowance for his trouble and loss of time.

The sheriff, upon the production of the said order, shall forthwith pay the said sum and enter such payment in his accounts.

The sheriff to whom any money is advanced under the authority of this Act, shall render an account thereof, with vouchers, and transmit it at such time as the Government shall direct.

R. S. 1964, c. 33, s. 1; 1974, c. 11, s. 2; 1988, c. 21, s. 106; 1990, c. 4, s. 620; 1999, c. 40, s. 204.

1990-10-01

1. Subject to the conditions of section 2, when any person is subpoenaed on behalf of the Crown, or bound by recognizance to give evidence in the Superior Court or the Court of Québec, touching any crime or offence under the Criminal Code (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter C-46) or a federal penal law, and appears before such court in obedience to such subpoena or under such recognizance, to give evidence, such court, or a judge thereof, may order the sheriff of the district to pay to such person, out of moneys to be advanced to such sheriff for that purpose out of any unappropriated moneys in the hands of the Minister of Finance, by warrant of the Lieutenant-Governor, such sum as the court or judge certifies him to be entitled to under section 2, as a reasonable allowance for his trouble and loss of time.

The sheriff, upon the production of the said order, shall forthwith pay the said sum and enter such payment in his accounts.

The sheriff to whom any money is advanced under the authority of this act, shall render an account thereof, with vouchers, and transmit it at such time as the Government shall direct.

R. S. 1964, c. 33, s. 1; 1974, c. 11, s. 2; 1988, c. 21, s. 106; 1990, c. 4, s. 620.

1988-08-31

1. Subject to the conditions of section 2, when any person is subpoenaed on behalf of the Crown, or bound by recognizance to give evidence in the Superior Court or the Court of Québec, touching any crime or offence, and appears before such court in obedience to such subpoena or under such recognizance, to give evidence, such court, or a judge thereof, may order the sheriff of the district to pay to such person, out of moneys to be advanced to such sheriff for that purpose out of any unappropriated moneys in the hands of the Minister of Finance, by warrant of the Lieutenant-Governor, such sum as the court or judge certifies him to be entitled to under section 2, as a reasonable allowance for his trouble and loss of time.

The sheriff, upon the production of the said order, shall forthwith pay the said sum and enter such payment in his accounts.

The sheriff to whom any money is advanced under the authority of this act, shall render an account thereof, with vouchers, and transmit it at such time as the Government shall direct.

R. S. 1964, c. 33, s. 1; 1974, c. 11, s. 2; 1988, c. 21, s. 106.

1977-12-31

1. Subject to the conditions of section 2, when any person is subpoenaed on behalf of the Crown, or bound by recognizance to give evidence in the Superior Court or sessions of the peace, touching any crime or offence, and appears before such court in obedience to such subpoena or under such recognizance, to give evidence, such court, or a judge thereof, may order the sheriff of the district to pay to such person, out of moneys to be advanced to such sheriff for that purpose out of any unappropriated moneys in the hands of the Minister of Finance, by warrant of the Lieutenant-Governor, such sum as the court or judge certifies him to be entitled to under section 2, as a reasonable allowance for his trouble and loss of time.

The sheriff, upon the production of the said order, shall forthwith pay the said sum and enter such payment in his accounts.

The sheriff to whom any money is advanced under the authority of this act, shall render an account thereof, with vouchers, and transmit it at such time as the Government shall direct.

R. S. 1964, c. 33, s. 1; 1974, c. 11, s. 2.