Criminal proceeding definition

Criminal proceeding means a proceeding instituted by means of the swearing of an information, the laying of a charge or the return of an indictment, before a Court of competent jurisdiction in Canada with jurisdiction to hear and determine the charges referred to therein, alleging or charging that the "Insured" has contravened the provisions of any Provincial or Federal statute, including the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985 ch. C-46 as amended, which creates an offence or crime and which provides for conviction thereunder, whether by way of summary conviction or indictment, and as a result of which the "Insured" is liable to be convicted, fined or sentenced to some form of imprisonment or other punishment.

Criminal proceeding means any hearing, argument or other matter that is scheduled by and held before a trial court but does not include any deposition, lineup, grand jury proceeding or other matter that is not held in the presence of the court.

Criminal proceeding means any incarceration on criminal

Examples of Criminal proceeding in a sentence

• Any direct or indirect transfer of the asset would be deemed to be criminal breach of trust and a case of cheating entitling CFIL to inter-alia adopt Criminal proceeding against the Borrower.

• The Czech law recalls such idea when in article 28 paragraph 2 it states that Criminal proceeding against a legal person cannot be opened, and if opened it cannot continue and must be discontinued in cases where a previous proceeding on the same act against the same legal person ended up with a final decision on an administrative offence and such decision has not been revoked.

• We recommended Criminal proceeding against the Police officers u/s 88 and 89 of the Tripura Police Act, 2007.

• Criminal proceeding in connection with numerous citations issued in 2004 and 2005 based upon alleged violations of the town code regarding the clearing of trees from the real property.

• Article 162 Criminal proceeding for offences under provisions of Article 150 of this Act, committed against juveniles, instituted prior to coming into force thereof shall continue pursuant to this Act, unless otherwise specified herein.

More Definitions of Criminal proceeding

Criminal proceeding means any incarceration on criminal charges, including pending charges, or a criminal sentence that separates a parent, custodian, or guardian from a minor child or minor ward.

Criminal proceeding. ’ means the adversary judicial process initiated by a formal complaint, information, or indictment charging a person with an offense denominated ‘‘criminal’’ by applicable law and punishable by death, imprisonment, a jail sentence, or a fine.

Criminal proceeding means every stage of a criminal prosecution after arrest and before judgment, including, but not limited to, interrogation, lineup, preliminary hearing, motion dockets, discovery, pretrial hearings and trial; and

Criminal proceeding means an ac- tion at law in which a person is alleged, or has been adjudicated, to have committed a crime for which there is a victim and that is conducted in the trial court before or after sentencing or disposition.

Criminal proceeding. , in relation to an offence, means a trial of a person for the offence or any proceeding in respect of the offence;

Criminal proceeding means any proceeding which constitutes a part of a criminal action or occurs in court in con- nection with a prospective, pending or com- pleted criminal action.

Criminal proceeding means any governmental action for enforcement of criminal laws, including those offenses for which conviction could result in imprisonment and/or criminal fine.