Can the Police Complaint Commissioner rely on s. 54(8) of the Criminal Code Code for the purposes of s.54(8)?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bentley v. British Columbia (Police Complaint Commissioner), 2012 BCSC 1186 (CanLII):
The petitioners rely on Florkow v. British Columbia (Police Complaint Commissioner), 2012 BCSC 126, for the proposition that because the 2009 order did not refer to s. 54(8), the Commissioner cannot rely on it now.
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