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Young Offendes Act

 

            
            
            
            
            
            
            
             This Act may be cited as the Young Offenders Act.
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
             "adult" means a person who is neither a young person nor a child;.
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             "alternative measures" «mesures de rechange ».
             "alternative measures" means measures other than judicial proceedings under this Act used to deal with a young person alleged to have committed an offence;.
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             "child" «enfant ».
             "child" means a person who is or, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, appears to be under the age of twelve years;.
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             "disposition" « décision ».
             "disposition" means a disposition made under any of sections 20, 20.1 and 28 to 32, and includes a confirmation or a variation of a disposition;.
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             "offence" « infraction ».
             "offence" means an offence created by an Act of Parliament or by any regulation, rule, order, by-law or ordinance made thereunder, other than an ordinance of the Yukon Territory or the Northwest Territories or a law of the Legislature for Nunavut;.
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             "ordinary court" «juridiction normalement compétente ».
             "ordinary court" means the court that would, but for this Act, have jurisdiction in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed;.
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             "parent" «pere ou mere » ou «pere et mere ».
             "parent" includes, in respect of another person, any person who is under a legal duty to provide for that other person or any person who has, in law or in fact, the custody or control of that other person, but does not include a person who has the custody or control of that other person by reason only of proceedings under this Act;.
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             "pre-disposition report" «rapport prédécisionnel ».
             "pre-disposition report" means a report on the personal and family history and present environment of a young person made in accordance with section 14;.
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             "progress report" «rapport d'évolution ».
             "progress report" means a report made in accordance with section 28 on the performance of a young person against whom a disposition has been made;.


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