Ministry of Attorney General
Crown Counsel Policy Manual
The documents on this page are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Reader.
Policies
- Abduction of Children – Sections 282 and 283 Criminal Code - ABD 1
- Ad Hoc Counsel - ADH 1
- Alternative Measures for Adult Offenders - ALT 1
- Appeals by Crown to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada - APP 1.1
- Appeals by Crown of Summary Conviction Matters - APP 1
- Bail Estreatments - BAI 1
- Bigamy and Polygamy - BIG 1
- Charge Assessment Guidelines - CHA 1
- Charge Assessment Decision – Police Appeal - CHA 1.1
- Charge Assessment – Social Regulatory Offences - CHA 1.2
- Charge Precedents - CHA 2
- Children and Vulnerable Youth – Crimes Against - CHI 1
- Civil Disobedience and Contempt of Related Court Orders - CIV 1
- Complaints and Enquiries Relating to Specific Prosecutions - COM 1
- Conflict of Interest – Including Prosecutions Against the Crown (R. v. R.) - CON 1
- Criminal Harassment - CRI 1
- Dangerous Offender and Long Term Offender Applications - DAN 1
- Diplomatic and Consular Immunity - DIP 1
- Direct Indictment - DIR 1
- Disclosure - DIS 1
- Disclosure of Information to Parties other than the Accused - DIS 1.1
- Elder Abuse – Offences Against Elders - ELD 1
- Environmental Prosecutions - ENV 1
- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide - EUT 1
- Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance - EXT 1
- Firearms – Mandatory Minimum Sentences – Consecutive Sentences – Notice of Greater Penalty - FIR 1
- French Trials and Bilingual Trials - FRE 1
- Hate Motivated Offences and Hate Propaganda - HAT 1
- Immoral Theatrical Performances - IMM 1
- Immunity from Prosecution – Witnesses & Informants - IMM 2
- Impaired Driving Offences – Resolution Discussions - IMP 1
- In-Custody Informer Witnesses - INC 1
- Intermittent Sentences - INT 1
- Justice of the Peace Court – Crown Counsel Responsibilities - JUS 1
- Legal Advice to the Police - LEG 1
- Legal Advice to the Public - LEG 1.1
- Media – Guidelines for Crown Counsel – Communications - MED 1
- Motor Vehicle Fatality Cases - MOT 1
- Motor Vehicle Act and Criminal Code Driving Offences – Sentencing – Prohibition Orders - MOT 1.1
- Motor Vehicles – Impaired Driving and Related Offences –Notice to Seek Greater Penalty - MOT 1.2
- Municipal Bylaw Prosecutions - MUN 1
- Nudity - NUD 1
- Obscenity – Section 163 of the Criminal Code (deleted)
- Perjury - PER 1
- Police – Allegations Against Peace Officers - POL 1
- Preliminary Inquiries - PRE 1
- Private Prosecutions - PRI 1
- Professional Organizations – Charges Against Members - PRO 1
- Prosecutorial Responsibility for Federal Statutes – Major/Minor Agreement - PRO 2
- Recognizances to Keep the Peace – Section 810 Criminal Code - REC 1
- Resolution Discussions - RES 1
- Sexual Offences - SEX 1
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases - SEX 2
- Special Prosecutors - SPE 1
- Spouse Assault - SPO 1
- Standards of Conduct – Conflict of Interest - STA 1
- Transfer (Interprovincial) of Probation Orders and Conditional Sentence Orders - TRA 1
- Trial Without Jury – Section 469 Offences (e.g. Murder) – Consent of Attorney General - TRI 1
- Victims of Crime - VIC 1
- Victim Assistance Programs – Providing Information to - VIC 2
- Waiver of Criminal Charges Within Province - WAI 1
- Waiver of Criminal Charges Between Provinces - WAI 1.1
- Witness Fees – Expert and Professional - WIT 1
- Youth Criminal Justice Act – Serious Violent Offences - YOU 1
- Youth Criminal Justice Act – Adult Sentences - YOU 1.1
- Youth Criminal Justice Act – Continuation of Custody Hearings - YOU 1.2
- Youth Criminal Justice Act – Conferencing - YOU 1.3
- Youth Criminal Justice Act – Extrajudicial Measures - YOU 1.4
