The 2024-2025 Annotated Contraventions Act is a must-have reference to the 3,000 federal statutory and regulatory offenses that have been designated as contraventions under the contraventions legislation.

Incorporating the full text of the Contraventions Act and Regulations, it also includes short-form descriptions of scheduled offenses. The author provides comprehensive annotations, including skillfully prepared commentary, applicable case law, and cross-references to related Criminal Code sections. It also comprises a systematic examination of companion amendments to federal statutes such as the Canada Evidence Act, the Criminal Code, and the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The 2024 Annual Report Statutes Repeal Act Report has been released, under the direction of the Minister of Justice as required by section 2 of the Statutes Repeal Act. This report lists the Acts of Parliament or provisions of Acts of Parliament assented to nine years or more before December 31, 2023, and not in force on that day.

Section 3 of the Statutes Repeal Act provides as follows:

Every Act or provision listed in the annual report is repealed on December 31 of the year in which the report is laid unless it comes into force on or before that December 31 or during that year either House of Parliament adopts a resolution that the Act or provision not be repealed.
The Acts or provisions not in force on December 31, 2023, include the Contraventions Act, S.C. 1992, c.47 as follows: paragraph 8(1)(d), sections 9, 10 and 12 to 16, subsections 17(1) to (3), sections 18 and 19, subsection 21(1) and sections 22, 23, 25, 26, 28 to 38, 40, 41, 44 to 47, 50 to 53, 56, 57, 60 to 62, 84 (in respect of the following sections of the schedule: 2.1, 2.2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7.1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 16) and 85.

Recent and significant case law introduced as annotations in this edition include the following:

The court can only quash a certificate for a defect to the certificate or information if there is a defect apparent on its face: R v Haxby, 2024 ONCJ 127
The defendants, who did not have a commercial baitfish licence, for commercial purposes purchased and transported baitfish from a company that had such a licence: R v Gollon, 2024 ONCA 76
The defence was entitled to the specific manual of the laser device used that the prosecution was relying on to ensure the officer’s compliance with the manufacturer’s testing specifications: Kawartha Lakes (City) v Kasznia, 2024 ONCJ 84

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The 2024-2025 Annotated Contraventions Act

The 2024-2025 Annotated Contraventions Act