The Expanding Role of the Justice of the Peace ...

• Main Authors: Bowal, Peter, Ivie, Tyler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Legal Resource Centre of Alberta Ltd. (LRC) 2004
• Subjects: Nunavut
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/33927; https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/48041

Article deposited after permission was granted by the editor of LawNow Magazine, 06/28/2010. ... : JPs' duties vary from province to province. In Ontario, JPs preside over criminal trials of summary conviction but are not allowed to issue peace bonds. The opposite holds true in British Columbia, where JPs do not preside over trials and do issue peace bonds. Within each province, there may be various categories of JPs, such as Sitting JPs and Presiding JPs. Sitting JPs in several provinces conduct trials in provincial and municipal regulatory offences. Traffic tickets form the largest proportion of these offences. If one is involved in the legal system at all, it is most likely to be in relation to this type of offence. In some provinces, the Sitting JP will hear evidence at trials for summary conviction and preside over trials at request of the Chief Judge. JPs in Nunavut are judges in their single-level trial court system. The duties of JPs may be administratively changed without amending the legislation. In Manitoba, senior court officials change the daily duties of JPs as required. A duty roster system ...