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A court may choose to issue a lawful order to ensure that a person abides by their legal obligations, including making child support payments or complying with terms of a restraining order. If a person fails to adhere to such an order without a lawful excuse, they may be charged under Section 127(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
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The wording "provided by law" in s. 127 (1) is limited to "statute law" and not of the common law. Violating a common-law peace bond does not amount to "disobeying a court order."
Convictions under s. 126 [disobeying a statute] or 127 [disobeying a court order] are eligible for record suspensions pursuant to s. 3 and 4 of the Criminal Records Act after 5 years after the expiration of sentence for summary conviction offences and 10 years after the expiration of sentence for all other offences. The offender may nothave the rec...
Disobeying order of court. 127 (1) Every one who, without lawful excuse, disobeys a lawful order made by a court of justice or by a person or body of persons authorized by any Act to make or give the order, other than an order for the payment of money, is, unless a punishment or other mode of proceeding is expressly provided by law, guilty of.
Jun 18, 2024 · Can you go to jail for disobeying a court order? The simple answer is, yes. Imprisonment is a possible sentence for disobeying a court order, but not a mandatory sentence.
What is breach of a court order? A breach of a court order is to disobey or to fail to comply with (fail to follow) a condition ordered by the court. The condition can be to do or not to do something as part of: • a peace bond, • a family law protection order (made in a family law case), • a judicial interim release order (bail order),
Disobeying order of court. Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46. (1) Every one who, without lawful excuse, disobeys a lawful order made by a court of justice or by a person or body of persons authorized by any Act to make or give the order, other than an order for the payment of money, is, unless a punishment or other mode of proceeding is ...