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I-6 - Crime Victims Compensation Act

Section 3
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3. A crime victim, for the purposes of this Act, is any person killed or injured in Québec:
(a)  by reason of the act or omission of any other person occurring in or resulting directly from the commission of an offence the description of which corresponds to the criminal offences mentioned in the schedule to this Act;
(b)  while lawfully arresting or attempting to arrest an offender or suspected offender or assisting a peace officer making an arrest;
(c)  while lawfully preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of an offence or suspected offence, or assisting a peace officer preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of an offence or suspected offence.
Any person who, even if he has not been killed or injured, incurs material damage in circumstances described in paragraph b or c of this section, is also a crime victim.
1971, c. 18, s. 3; 1976, c. 10, s. 2.
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