A “secondary designated offence” is a serious offence, such as assault, uttering threats, and serious drug related offences. If you’re convicted of a secondary designated offence, the court may ask for a DNA sample from you. If a sample is taken, a record of your DNA sample will be kept the National DNA Data Bank.
Reporting conditions can be terms of a court order. If your court order includes reporting conditions, you have to report regularly to a specific person, such as a probation officer or a police officer.
Before doing specific things, like charging you with a criminal offence or conducting a search, the police must have reasons to believe that you:
Their reasons must be based on reliable information. Having reasonable...
Reasonable grounds means that your belief about something is based on more than a feeling or suspicion. There must be reliable information to support your belief. And another person could also have that belief based on the information.
Provincial offences are minor non-criminal offences, such as traffic violations. These offences are dealt with in the Ontario Court of Justice by a judge or a justice of the peace.
A promise to appear is a legal document that you sign. It says that you promise to go to court on a specific date.
A prohibition is something that a court order forbids you from doing. For example, if you committed a violent offence, you will probably not be allowed to own a weapon for 5 or 10 years. The prohibition is usually given as part of a sentence. A sentence is the punishment that the court gives you if you’re found guilty.
A “primary designated offence” is a serious offence, such as a sexual assault or a serious assault. If you’re convicted of a primary designated offence, the court must ask for a DNA sample from you. A record of your DNA sample will be kept in the National DNA Data Bank.
A peace bond is a court order from a criminal court that requires a person to "keep the peace and be of good behaviour". The peace bond may also contain other conditions the person must follow. For example, the person may be required to follow a "no contact" condition.