What are the implications of s. 276(1) and (2) of the Criminal Code of Canada for the purpose of establishing proceedings “in respect of” a listed offence?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Williams, 2020 ONSC 206 (CanLII):
Beginning with the text, the opening words of s. 276(1) and (2) — proceedings “in respect of” a listed offence — are “of the widest possible scope” and are “probably the widest of any expression intended to convey some connection between two related subject matters” (Nowegijick v. The Queen, 1983 CanLII 18 (SCC), [1983] 1 S.C.R. 29, at p. 39). These words import such meanings as “in relation to”, “with reference to”, or “in connection with” (ibid.).
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