Editorial Annotation
Power to make rules
Statutory Text
482(2) The following courts may, subject to the approval of the lieutenant governor in council of the relevant province, make rules of court not inconsistent with this Act or any other Act of Parliament that are applicable to any prosecution, proceeding, including a preliminary inquiry or proceedings within the meaning of Part XXVII, action or appeal, as the case may be, within the jurisdiction of that court, instituted in relation to any matter of a criminal nature or arising from or incidental to the prosecution, proceeding, action or appeal: (a) every court of criminal jurisdiction for a province; (b) every appeal court within the meaning of section 812 that is not a court referred to in subsection (1); (c) the Ontario Court of Justice; (d) the Court of Quebec and every municipal court in the Province of Quebec; (e) the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia; (f) the Provincial Court of New Brunswick; (g) the Provincial Court of Manitoba; (h) the Provincial Court of British Columbia; (i) the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island; (j) the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan; (k) the Provincial Court of Alberta; (l) the Provincial Court of Newfoundland; (m) the Territorial Court of Yukon; (n) the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories; and (o) the Nunavut Court of Justice.