P-15 - Summary Convictions Act

Section 7 Disposition versions

1985-04-01

7. For the purposes of this act,—

(1)  where the offence is committed in or upon any water, or upon any bridge, between two or more territorial divisions, such offence may be considered as having been committed in either of such divisions;

(2)  where the offence is committed on the boundary of two or more territorial divisions, or within the distance of 500 m from any such boundary, or is begun within one such division and completed within another, such offence may be considered as having been committed in any one of such divisions;

(3)  where the offence is committed on any person, or in respect of any property, in or upon any vehicle employed in a journey, or on board any vessel employed on any navigable river, canal or other inland navigation, the person accused shall be considered as having committed such offence in any territorial division through which such vehicle or vessel passed in the course of the journey or voyage during which the offence was committed; and where the centre or other part of the road, or any navigable river, canal or other inland navigation, along which the vehicle or vessel passed in the course of such journey or voyage, is the boundary of two or more territorial divisions, the person accused of having committed the offence may be considered as having committed it in any one of such divisions;

(4)  An offence committed in an aircraft during a flight is deemed committed either in the territorial division in which the flight began, or in that in which it terminated, or in any division over which the aircraft flew during such flight.

R. S. 1964, c. 35, s. 7; 1970, c. 11, s. 2; 1984, c. 47, s. 213.

1977-12-31

7. For the purposes of this act,—

(1)  where the offence is committed in or upon any water, or upon any bridge, between two or more territorial divisions, such offence may be considered as having been committed in either of such divisions;

(2)  where the offence is committed on the boundary of two or more territorial divisions, or within the distance of five hundred yards from any such boundary, or is begun within one such division and completed within another, such offence may be considered as having been committed in any one of such divisions;

(3)  where the offence is committed on any person, or in respect of any property, in or upon any vehicle employed in a journey, or on board any vessel employed on any navigable river, canal or other inland navigation, the person accused shall be considered as having committed such offence in any territorial division through which such vehicle or vessel passed in the course of the journey or voyage during which the offence was committed; and where the centre or other part of the road, or any navigable river, canal or other inland navigation, along which the vehicle or vessel passed in the course of such journey or voyage, is the boundary of two or more territorial divisions, the person accused of having committed the offence may be considered as having committed it in any one of such divisions;

(4)  An offence committed in an aircraft during a flight is deemed committed either in the territorial division in which the flight began, or in that in which it terminated, or in any division over which the aircraft flew during such flight.

R. S. 1964, c. 35, s. 7; 1970, c. 11, s. 2.