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Crown Counsel Policy Manual
Publication date: March 1, 2018
Guiding Principles
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Index
Policies
Abduction of Children by Parent/Guardian (ABD 1)
Ad Hoc Counsel (ADH 1)
Alternatives to Prosecutions – Adults (ALT 1)
Appeals by Crown to Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada (APP 1)
Appeals by Crown of Summary Conviction Matters (APP 1.1)
Bail – Adults (BAI 1)
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Bail Estreatments (BAI 1.1)
Charge Assessment Guidelines (CHA 1)
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Charge Assessment Decision – Police Appeal (CHA 1.1)
Charge Assessment – Social Regulatory Offences (CHA 1.2)
Child Victims and Witnesses (CHI 1)
Civil Disobedience and Contempt of Related Court Orders (CIV 1)
Complaints Relating to Prosecutions (COM 1)
Committee Involvement (COM 2)
Criminal Harassment (CRI 1)
Dangerous Offenders and Long-Term Offenders (DAN 1)
Diplomatic and Consular Immunity (DIP 1)
Direct Indictment (DIR 1)
Disclosure (DIS 1)
Elder Abuse – Offences Against Elders (ELD 1)
Environmental Prosecutions (ENV 1)
Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (EXT 1)
Firearms (FIR 1)
French and Bilingual Trials (FRE 1)
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Hate Crimes (HAT 1)
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Immunity from Prosecution – Witnesses and Informants (IMM 2)
Impaired Driving Prosecutions (IMP 1)
In-Custody Informer Witnesses (INC 1)
Information Requests from Third Parties (INF 1)
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV 1)
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Jurisdiction to Prosecute (JUR 1)
Legal Advice to the Police (LEG 1)
Legal Advice to the Public (LEG 1.1)
Media – Guidelines for Crown Counsel (MED 1)
Medical Assistance in Dying and Related Prosecutions (MED 2)
Mental Illness and Mental Disorder (MEN 1)
Nudity (NUD 1)
Perjury (PER 1)
Police – Allegations Against Peace Officers (POL 1)
Police Witnesses – Adverse Judicial Comments (POL 1.1)
Private Prosecutions (PRI 1)
Probation – Adults (PRO 1)
Recognizances and Peace Bonds (REC 1)
Resolution Discussions (RES 1)
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Sentencing – Adults (SEN 1)
Sexual Assaults – Adult Victims (SEX 1)
Sexual Transmission, or Realistic Possibility of Transmission, of HIV (SEX 2)
Sexual Services – Purchase of and Related Offences (SEX 3)
Special Prosecutors (SPE 1)
Standards of Conduct for BC Prosecution Service Employees (STA 1)
Trial Without Jury – Section 469 Offences – Consent of Attorney General (TRI 1)
Victims of Crime (VIC 1)
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Vulnerable Victims and Witnesses (VUL 1)
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Waiver of Criminal Charges Within Province (WAI 1)
Waiver of Criminal Charges Between Provinces (WAI 1.1)
Youth Criminal Justice Act – Adult Sentences (YOU 1.1)
Youth Criminal Justice Act – Custodial Extension Order (YOU 1.2)
Youth Criminal Justice Act – Extrajudicial Measures (YOU 1.4)
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