Criminal Code — C-46 2
d person [Repealed, 1991, c. 43, s. 9] firearm means a barrelled weapon from which any shot, bullet or other projectile can be discharged and that is capable of causing serious bodily injury or death to a person, and includes any frame or receiver of such a barrelled weapon and anything that can be adapted for use as a firearm; ( arme à feu ) government or public facility means a facility or conveyance, whether permanent or temporary, that is used or occupied in connection with their official duties by representatives of a state, members of a government, members of a legislature, members of the judiciary, or officials or employees of a state or of any other public authority or public entity, or by officials or employees of an intergovernmental organization; ( installation gouvernementale ou publique ) Her Majesty’s Forces means the naval, army and air forces of Her Majesty wherever raised, and includes the Canadian Forces; ( forces de Sa Majesté ) highway means a road to which the public has the right of access, and includes bridges over which or tunnels through which a road passes; ( voie publique ou grande route ) indictment includes (a) information or a count therein, (b) a plea, replication or other pleading, and (c) any record; ( acte d’accusation ) internationally protected person means (a) a head of state, including any member of a collegial body that performs the functions of a head of state under the constitution of the state concerned, a head of a government or a minister of foreign affairs, whenever that person is in a state other than the state in which he holds that position or office, (b) a member of the family of a person described in paragraph (a) who accompanies that person in a state other than the state in which that person holds that position or office, (c) a representative or an official of a state or an official or agent of an international organization of an intergovernmental character who, at the time when and at the place where an offence referred to in subsection 7(3) is committed against his person or any property referred to in section 431 that is used by him, is entitled, pursuant to international law, to special protection from any attack on his person, freedom or dignity, or (d) a member of the family of a representative, official or agent described in paragraph (c) who forms part of his household, if the representative, official or agent, at the time when and at the place where any offence referred to in subsection 7(3) is committed against the member of his family or any property referred to in section 431 that is used by that member, is entitled, pursuant to international law, to special protection from any attack on his person, freedom or dignity; ( personne jouissant d’une protection internationale ) intimate partner with respect to a person, includes their current or former spouse, common-law partner and dating partner; ( partenaire intime ) justice means a justice of the peace or a provincial court judge, and includes two or more justices where two or more justices are, by law, required to act or, by law, act or have jurisdiction; ( juge de paix ) justice system participant means (a) a member of the Senate, of the House of Commons, of a legislative assembly or of a municipal council, (b) a person who plays a role in the administration of criminal justice, including (i) the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and a Minister responsible for policing in a province, (ii) a prosecutor, a lawyer, a member of the Chambre des notaires du Québec and an officer of a court, (iii) a judge and a justice, (iv) a juror and a person who is summoned as a juror, (v) an informant, a prospective witness, a witness under subpoena and a witness who has testified, (vi) a peace officer within the meaning of any of paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) of the definition peace officer , (vii) a civilian employee of a police force, (viii) a person employed in the administration of a court, (viii.1)