'Appeal against decision of acquittal or conviction or against sentence - national proceedings' in document 'Canada - Charter of rights and freedoms'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Schedule B - Constitution Act, 1982 (79)

PART I - Canadian charter of rights and freedoms

Enforcement

24. (1) Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter, have been infringed or denied may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such remedy as the court considers appropriate and just in the circumstances.

Schedule B - Constitution Act, 1982 (79)

PART I - Canadian charter of rights and freedoms

Enforcement

(2) Where, in proceedings under subsection (1), a court concludes that evidence was obtained in a manner that infringed or denied any rights or freedoms guaranteed by this Charter, the evidence shall be excluded if it is established that, having regard to all the circumstances, the admission of it in the proceedings would bring the administration of justice into disrepute.