Report to Justice

Question 1

means a thing over which a person has surrendered any possessory right or privacy right and which may or may not relate to a crime and/or crime scene and which potentially has some evidentiary value

Answer 1

Abandoned Property

Question 2

means a police officer who swears to an affidavit, commonly used when requesting a search warrant before a Justice.

Answer 2

Affiant

Question 3

means a police officer assigned to prepare and manage a case for trial. A case manager is assigned for
each Confidential Crown Envelope (crown envelope) and designated in accordance with established unit policy.

Answer 3

Case Manager

Question 4

the purposes of court disclosure means a divisional warrant officer, or an on-duty designate, or a court officer who is a sworn peace officer, during the lawful execution of their duties.
􀀐 Court Officers may only act as a Common Informant for the purposes of bringing a Form 5.2 before a
Justice when property has been seized and the accused has been show caused (first appearance only) and the Form 5.2 is completed correctly and is in the crown envelope at the time the accused is being held for a show cause hearing.

Answer 4

Common Informant

Question 5

means the detention of property beyond the initial 3 months from the date of seizure.

Answer 5

Continued Detention

Question 6

means a police officer delegated to seize all property, commonly used when a search warrant is executed

Answer 6

Exhibits Officer

Question 7

means seizure of private property because
􀁸 it was illegally obtained, or
􀁸 it is an illegal substance, or
􀁸 the legal basis for possession has ended

Answer 7

Forfeiture

Question 8

means an Order prepared and signed by a Justice to authorize the disposal of seized property by the
Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) and/or the Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG).

Answer 8

Forfeiture Order

Question 9

means any property which was located by a member or a citizen and turned over to a member, and the
item (at the time) has no apparent evidentiary value.

Answer 9

Found Property

Question 10

means information obtained from a thing that is seized.

Answer 10

Informational Material

Question 11

means a Justice of the Peace or a Provincial Court Judge

Answer 11

Justice

Question 12

Report to Justice for the purposes of filing a Report to Justice means a police officer, or a court officer who
is a sworn peace officer.

Answer 12

Peace Officer

Question 13

means any article and/or document found by, seized by, surrendered to, or intended to be surrendered to a Service member.

Answer 13

Property

Question 14

means a thing, including informational material, seized from a person and/or place, with or without a warrant, by a peace officer without that person’s consent

Answer 14

Seized Property

Question 15

means a peace officer who has seized property, either with or without a search warrant, and includes a
court officer during the lawful execution of their duties

Answer 15

Seizing Officer

Question 16

means any article, document, informational material and/or thing whose possession has been voluntarily given to a member and the item (at that time) may or may not have

Answer 16

Surrendered Property