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C-25.1 - Code of Penal Procedure
Section 159.1
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159.1. The purpose of a program to adapt the rules governing proceedings is to offer defendants, within the framework of an education, public awareness, prevention, intervention, reparation or rehabilitation process, an alternative to going to trial or to a continuation of proceedings. Participation in such a program results in, among other things, the withdrawal of one or more counts, in accordance with article 12.
The processes undertaken by a defendant before the defendant’s participation in such a program must also be taken into consideration by the prosecutor.
