C-25.1, r. 2 - Regulation respecting the form of offence reports

Section 17 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

17. The first page or the corresponding page screens in a general offence report shall comprise at least 7 sections containing the headings, key words, texts and spaces allowing the following particulars to be indicated:

(1)  in respect of the origin of the report:

(a)  the name of the department, public body, municipality or authority having jurisdiction over the peace officer or person responsible for enforcing the law who prepares the offence report;

(b)  the investigation file number of the department, public body, municipality or authority;

(c)  the name and address of the person responsible for the investigation; and

(d)  optionally, the event code number used for statistical purposes;

(2)  in respect of the defendant’s identity:

(a)  his or its name, address and telephone number;

(b)  whether the defendant is a legal or natural person and, in the latter case, whether male or female;

(c)  the type of document or file and the items in the document or file confirming his identity; and

(d)  optionally, his birthdate, his distinguishing features, his occupation or the type of activity carried out by the enterprise;

(3)  in respect of the offence in question:

(a)  the reference to the legislative provisions creating the offence to which the offence report pertains;

(b)  a description of the offence; and

(c)  the date and the time when the offence was committed;

(4)  in respect of the place where the offence was committed:

(a)  the place where the offence is alleged to have been committed;

(b)  the address and description of the place;

(c)  the location code, if relevant; and

(d)  the judicial district in which the place is located;

(5)  in respect of the property seized and related documents or events, in particular:

(a)  mention of the fact that property was seized, a description of the property and mention of the existence of a record of the seizure;

(b)  mention of the existence of any other document added to the offence report and, if that document is in electronic form, the computer codes, marks or particulars making it possible to locate the document electronically attached or referenced to the offence report;

(c)  the type of intervention by the peace officer or person responsible for enforcing the law; and

(d)  where applicable, the type of documents from which particulars were obtained;

(6)  in respect of the facts: both the relevant facts observed in regard to the essential aspects of the offence and the actions taken by the peace officer or person responsible for enforcing the law, who shall present them in one or more of the following ways, as appropriate for paper form or electronic form:

(a)  a lined space in which the facts are to be typed or written by hand, as provided for in model 1 in Schedule IV;

(b)  a blank space in which a statement of the facts may be typed or a graphic representation of a fact may be drawn, as provided for in model 2 in Schedule V;

(c)  pre-printed or pre-programmed texts within which blanks are provided for the purpose of entering the particular facts of the case, as provided for in model 3 in Schedule VI; and

(d)  multiple-choice pre-printed or pre-programmed texts describing the observable facts in respect of the offence to which the offence report pertains, among which a selection is to be made by checking off the appropriate boxes, as provided for in model 4 in Schedule VII; and

(7)  in respect of the attestation of the facts:

(a)  the attestation of the facts, with mention of the facts to which the attestation pertains;

(b)  the name, quality and signature of each person responsible for enforcing the law or each peace officer who attests to those facts or, as the case may be, their respective signatures affixed electronically or the validation code for their signatures so affixed, and the peace officer’s number; and

(c)  the date and, where the signature is affixed electronically, the time when the attestation is signed.

O.C. 1210-97, s. 17.