Criminal Code — C-46 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, Act includes (a) an Act of Parliament, (b) an Act of the legislature of the former Province of Canada, (c) an Act of the legislature of a province, and (d) an Act or ordinance of the legislature of a province, territory or place in force at the time that province, territory or place became a province of Canada; ( loi ) appearance notice means a notice in Form 9 issued by a peace officer; ( citation à comparaître ) associated personnel means persons who are (a) assigned by a government or an intergovernmental organization with the agreement of the competent organ of the United Nations, (b) engaged by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, by a specialized agency of the United Nations or by the International Atomic Energy Agency, or (c) deployed by a humanitarian non-governmental organization or agency under an agreement with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, by a specialized agency of the United Nations or by the International Atomic Energy Agency, to carry out activities in support of the fulfilment of the mandate of a United Nations operation; ( personnel associé ) Attorney General (a) with respect to proceedings to which this Act applies, means the Attorney General or Solicitor General of the province in which those proceedings are taken and includes his or her lawful deputy or, if those proceedings are referred to in subsection 2.3(1), the Attorney General of Canada or the Attorney General or Solicitor General of the province in which those proceedings are taken and includes the lawful deputy of any of them, (b) means the Attorney General of Canada and includes his or her lawful deputy with respect to (i) Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, or (ii) proceedings commenced at the instance of the Government of Canada and conducted by or on behalf of that Government in respect of an offence under any Act of Parliament — other than this Act or the Canada Elections Act — or any regulation made under such an Act, and (c) means the Director of Public Prosecutions appointed under subsection 3(1) of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act with respect to proceedings in relation to an offence under the Canada Elections Act ; ( procureur général ) audioconference means any means of telecommunication that allows the judge or justice and any individual to communicate orally in a proceeding; ( audioconférence ) bank-note includes any negotiable instrument (a) issued by or on behalf of a person carrying on the business of banking in or out of Canada, and (b) issued under the authority of Parliament or under the lawful authority of the government of a state other than Canada, intended to be used as money or as the equivalent of money, immediately on issue or at some time subsequent thereto, and includes bank bills and bank post bills; ( billet de banque ) bodily harm means any hurt or injury to a person that interferes with the health or comfort of the person and that is more than merely transient or trifling in nature; ( lésions corporelles ) Canadian Forces means the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada; ( Forces canadiennes ) cattle means neat cattle or an animal of the bovine species by whatever technical or familiar name it is known, and includes any horse, mule, ass, pig, sheep or goat; ( bétail ) clerk of the court includes a person, by whatever name or title he may be designated, who from time to time performs the duties of a clerk of the court; ( greffier du tribunal ) common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; ( conjoint de fait ) complainant means the victim of an alleged offence; ( plaignant ) counsel means a barrister or solicitor, in respect of the matters or things that barristers and solicitors, respectively, are authorized by the law of a province to do or perform in relation to legal proceedings; ( avocat ) count means a