FSC101 Midterm Exam Study Guide
Solutions
S.7 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right to life, liberty and
security of person.
S.8 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right to be secure
against unreasonable search or seizure
S.10(a) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right on
arrest/detention: to be informed properly of the reasons therefor
S.10(b) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-to retain and instruct counsel without
delay and to be informed of that right
S.10(c) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right on
arrest/detention: to have the validity of the detention determined by way
of habeas corpus and be released if detention is not lawful
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,S.11(a) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: Be informed without unreasonable delay of the specific
offence
S.11(b) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: Be tried within a reasonable time
S.11(c) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: not be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against
that person in respect of the offence
S.11(d) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law
in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal
S.11(e) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause
S.11(f) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: except in the case of an offence under military law tried
before a military tribunal, to the benefit of trial by jury where the
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,maximum punishment for the offence is imprisonment for five years or a
more severe punishment
S.11(g) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right: Not to be found guilty on account of any act or omission
unless, at the time of the act or omission, it constituted an offence under
Canadian or international law or was criminal according to the general
principles of law recognized by the community of nations;
S.11(h) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: If finally acquitted of the offence, not to be tried for it again
and, if finally found guilty and punished for the offence, not to be tried and
punished for it again; and
S.11(i) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: If found guilty of the offence and if the punishment for the
offence has been varied between the time of commission and the time of
sentencing, to the benefit of the lesser punishment
S.12 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right not to be
subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
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, S.13 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-A witness who testifies in any
proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given
used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a
prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.
S.14 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-A party or witness in any proceedings
who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings
are conducted or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an
interpreter.
S.15(1) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Every individual is equal before and
under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of
the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination
based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental
or physical disability.
S.15(2) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Subsection (1) does not preclude any
law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions
of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are
disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion,
sex, age or mental or physical disability
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Solutions
S.7 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right to life, liberty and
security of person.
S.8 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right to be secure
against unreasonable search or seizure
S.10(a) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right on
arrest/detention: to be informed properly of the reasons therefor
S.10(b) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-to retain and instruct counsel without
delay and to be informed of that right
S.10(c) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right on
arrest/detention: to have the validity of the detention determined by way
of habeas corpus and be released if detention is not lawful
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,S.11(a) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: Be informed without unreasonable delay of the specific
offence
S.11(b) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: Be tried within a reasonable time
S.11(c) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: not be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against
that person in respect of the offence
S.11(d) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law
in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal
S.11(e) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause
S.11(f) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: except in the case of an offence under military law tried
before a military tribunal, to the benefit of trial by jury where the
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,maximum punishment for the offence is imprisonment for five years or a
more severe punishment
S.11(g) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right: Not to be found guilty on account of any act or omission
unless, at the time of the act or omission, it constituted an offence under
Canadian or international law or was criminal according to the general
principles of law recognized by the community of nations;
S.11(h) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: If finally acquitted of the offence, not to be tried for it again
and, if finally found guilty and punished for the offence, not to be tried and
punished for it again; and
S.11(i) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Any person charged with an offence
has the right to: If found guilty of the offence and if the punishment for the
offence has been varied between the time of commission and the time of
sentencing, to the benefit of the lesser punishment
S.12 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Everyone has the right not to be
subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
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, S.13 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-A witness who testifies in any
proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given
used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a
prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.
S.14 of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-A party or witness in any proceedings
who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings
are conducted or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an
interpreter.
S.15(1) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Every individual is equal before and
under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of
the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination
based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental
or physical disability.
S.15(2) of the Charter - ANSWER✔✔-Subsection (1) does not preclude any
law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions
of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are
disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion,
sex, age or mental or physical disability
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