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P-15 - Summary Convictions Act

Section 65
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65. (1)  No information, complaint, warrant, conviction or other proceeding under this act shall be deemed objectionable or insufficient on any of the following grounds, that is to say:
(a)  That it does not contain the name of the person injured, or intended or attempted to be injured; or,
(b)  That it does not state who is the owner of any property therein mentioned; or,
(c)  That it does not specify the means by which the offence was committed; or,
(d)  That it does not name or describe with precision any person or thing.
(2)  The justice of the peace may, if satisfied that it is necessary for a fair trial, order that particulars further describing such means, person, place or thing be furnished by the prosecutor.
(3)  The description of any offence in the words of the enactment creating the offence, or any similar words, shall be sufficient.
R. S. 1964, c. 35, s. 61.
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