The Criminal Code of Canada (1892)

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  • Criminal Code

    Federal legislation that sets out criminal laws, procedures for prosecuting federal offences and sentences, and procedures for the administration of justice.
  • Criminal law is what?
    It is enshrined in the Criminal Code of Canada. At Confederation in Canada in 1867, then Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald insisted that Canada should have a single criminal law for the entire country.
  • When was the first criminal code produced?
    The first complete criminal code was produced in 1892, under the leadership of Sir John Thompson who was minister of justice at the time (1892 - 1894).