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Versions of s. 19(4)

Y-1 — Young Offenders Act · 1 version

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

  1. 2003-01-01 to present available View Source

    Notwithstanding section 5, where a young person is charged with having committed first degree murder or second degree murder within the meaning of section 231 of the Criminal Code, the youth court, before proceeding with the trial, shall ask the young person to elect to be tried by a youth court judge alone or by a judge of a superior court of criminal jurisdiction with a jury, and where a young person elects to be tried by a judge of a superior court of criminal jurisdiction with a jury, the young person shall be dealt with as provided in this Act.