Editorial Annotation
Procedure where accused elects trial by provincial court judge
Statutory Text
536(3) Where an accused elects to be tried by a provincial court judge, the justice shall endorse on the information a record of the election and shall (a) where the justice is not a provincial court judge, remand the accused to appear and plead to the charge before a provincial court judge having jurisdiction in the territorial division in which the offence is alleged to have been committed; or (b) where the justice is a provincial court judge, call on the accused to plead to the charge and if the accused does not plead guilty, proceed with the trial or fix a time for the trial.