Criminal Code

Marginal note:Order that accused appear or be taken before justice where offence committed

• 543 (1) Where an accused is charged with an offence alleged to have been committed out of the limits of the jurisdiction in which he has been charged, the justice before whom he appears or is brought may, at any stage of the inquiry after hearing both parties,

  • (a) order the accused to appear, or

  • (b) if the accused is in custody, issue a warrant in Form 15 to convey the accused

  before a justice having jurisdiction in the place where the offence is alleged to have been committed, who shall continue and complete the inquiry.

• Marginal note:Transmission of transcript and documents and effect of order or warrant

  (2) Where a justice makes an order or issues a warrant pursuant to subsection (1), he shall cause the transcript of any evidence given before him in the inquiry and all documents that were then before him and that are relevant to the inquiry to be transmitted to a justice having jurisdiction in the place where the offence is alleged to have been committed and

  • (a) any evidence the transcript of which is so transmitted shall be deemed to have been taken by the justice to whom it is transmitted; and

  • (b) any appearance notice, promise to appear, undertaking or recognizance issued to or given or entered into by the accused under Part XVI shall be deemed to have been issued, given or entered into in the jurisdiction where the offence is alleged to have been committed and to require the accused to appear before the justice to whom the transcript and documents are transmitted at the time provided in the order made in respect of the accused under paragraph (1)(a).