PART 3
EXTRADITION TO CANADA
77. Definition of “competent authority”
In this Part, “competent authority” means
(a) in respect of a prosecution or imposition of a sentence — or of a disposition under the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985 — the Attorney General, or the Attorney General of a province who is responsible for the prosecution of the case; and
(b) in respect of the enforcement of a sentence or a disposition under the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985,
(i) the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, if the person would serve the sentence in a penitentiary, or
(ii) the appropriate provincial minister responsible for corrections, in any other case.
1999, c. 18, s. 77; 2002, c. 1, s. 191; 2005, c. 10, s. 34.
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