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Versions of s. 765

C-46 — Criminal Code · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2019-12-18 to present available View Source
    WhereIf an accused is bound by recognizancean undertaking or a release order to appear for trial, histheir arrest on another charge does not vacatecancel the recognizance,undertaking butor release order, and it continues to bind himthem and histheir sureties, if any,sureties for histheir appearance until hethe accused is discharged or sentenced, as the case may be, in respect of the offence to which the recognizanceundertaking or release order relates.
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    If an accused is bound by an undertaking or a release order to appear for trial, their arrest on another charge does not cancel the undertaking or release order, and it continues to bind them and their sureties for their appearance until the accused is discharged or sentenced, as the case may be, in respect of the offence to which the undertaking or release order relates.

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2019-12-18 View Source

    Where an accused is bound by recognizance to appear for trial, his arrest on another charge does not vacate the recognizance, but it continues to bind him and his sureties, if any, for his appearance until he is discharged or sentenced, as the case may be, in respect of the offence to which the recognizance relates.