Youth Criminal Justice Act — Y-1.5 2
Definitions 2 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this Act. adult means a person who is neither a young person nor a child. ( adulte ) adult sentence , in the case of a young person who is found guilty of an offence, means any sentence that could be imposed on an adult who has been convicted of the same offence. ( peine applicable aux adultes ) Attorney General means the Attorney General as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code , read as if the reference in that definition to “proceedings” were a reference to “proceedings or extrajudicial measures”, and includes an agent or delegate of the Attorney General. ( procureur général ) child means a person who is or, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, appears to be less than twelve years old. ( enfant ) conference means a group of persons who are convened to give advice in accordance with section 19. ( groupe consultatif ) confirmed delivery service means certified or registered mail or any other method of service that provides proof of delivery. ( service de messagerie ) custodial portion , with respect to a youth sentence imposed on a young person under paragraph 42(2)(n), (o), (q) or (r), means the period of time, or the portion of the young person’s youth sentence, that must be served in custody before he or she begins to serve the remainder under supervision in the community subject to conditions under paragraph 42(2)(n) or under conditional supervision under paragraph 42(2)(o), (q) or (r). ( période de garde ) disclosure means the communication of information other than by way of publication. ( communication ) extrajudicial measures means measures other than judicial proceedings under this Act used to deal with a young person alleged to have committed an offence and includes extrajudicial sanctions. ( mesures extrajudiciaires ) extrajudicial sanction means a sanction that is part of a program referred to in section 10. ( sanction extrajudiciaire ) offence means an offence created by an Act of Parliament or by any regulation, rule, order, by-law or ordinance made under an Act of Parliament other than a law of the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut. ( infraction ) parent includes, in respect of a young person, any person who is under a legal duty to provide for the young person or any person who has, in law or in fact, the custody or control of the young person, but does not include a person who has the custody or control of the young person by reason only of proceedings under this Act. ( père ou mère ou père et mère ) pre-sentence report means a report on the personal and family history and present environment of a young person made in accordance with section 40. ( rapport prédécisionnel ) presumptive offence [Repealed, 2012, c. 1, s. 167] provincial director means a person, a group or class of persons or a body appointed or designated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province or by the lieutenant governor in council of a province or his or her delegate to perform in that province, either generally or in a specific case, any of the duties or functions of a provincial director under this Act. ( directeur provincial ou directeur ) publication means the communication of information by making it known or accessible to the general public through any means, including print, radio or television broadcast, telecommunication or electronic means. ( publication ) record includes any thing containing information, regardless of its physical form or characteristics, including microform, sound recording, videotape, machine-readable record, and any copy of any of those things, that is created or kept for the purposes of this Act or for the investigation of an offence that is or could be prosecuted under this Act. ( dossier ) review board means a review board referred to in subsection 87(2). ( commission d’examen ) serious offence means an indictable offence under an Act of Parliament for which the maximum punishment is imprisonme