PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
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Definition of "enactment".
6. (1)
Where an enactment creates an offence and authorizes a
punishment to be imposed in respect of that offence,
- (a)
a person shall be deemed not to be guilty of the offence until he is
convicted or discharged under
section 736
of the offence; and
- (b)
a person who is convicted or discharged under
section 736
of the offence is not liable to any punishment in respect thereof other
than the punishment prescribed by this Act or by the enactment that
creates the offence.
(2)
Subject to this Act or any other Act of Parliament, no
person shall be convicted or discharged under
section 736
of an offence committed outside Canada.
(3)
In this section, "enactment" means
- (a)
an Act of Parliament, or
- (b)
an Act of the legislature of a province that creates an
offence to which Part XXVII applies,
or any regulation made thereunder.
[R.S., 1985, c.C-34, s.5;
R.S., 1985, c.27 (1st Supp.), s.4.]
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