What is the test for discovery of a crime under section 800 of the Ontario Grand Theft Act?

A preliminary question--raised but not decided in People v. Eitzen, supra--is whether 'discovery' refers to discovery of the loss or discovery of the crime. Section 800 (fn. 1) declares that 'An indictment for grand theft . . . shall be found, an information filed . . . within three years after its discovery.' In syntactical terms, 'grand theft' is the antecedent of 'its.' Literally, then, the statute specifies discovery of the grand theft,

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