Directive 2

Directive of 2014 made under subsection 10(2) of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act

Whereas I have consulted with the Director of Public Prosecutions under subsection 10(2) of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act on the issuance of directives respecting the initiation or conduct of prosecutions generally:

  1. I direct that federal prosecutors and persons acting as federal prosecutors, when initiating or conducting prosecutions, respect the following directives set out in the Public Prosecution Service of Canada Deskbook:
    1. “Relationship between the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions”, set out in Part 1.1;
    2. “Duty to Inform the Attorney General under Section 13 of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act”, set out in Part 1.2;
    3. “Consultation within Government”, set out in Part 1.3;
    4. “Prevention of Wrongful Convictions”, set out in Part 2.4;
    5. “Official Languages in Prosecutions”, set out in Part 2.11;
    6. “Alternative Measures”, set out in Part 3.8;
    7. “Protecting Confidential Information under Section 3.7 of the Canada Evidence Act”, set out in Part 4.1;
    8. “Protecting Confidential Information under Section 38 of the Canada Evidence Act”, set out in Part 4.2;
    9. “Protecting Cabinet Confidences under Section 39 of the Canada Evidence Act”, set out in Part 4.3;
    10. “Youth Criminal Justice”, set out in Part 5.4;
    11. “Victims of Crime”, set out in Part 5.6; and
    12. “Parental Child Abduction”, set out in Part 5.10.
  2. The directives referred to in paragraphs 1(a) to (l) take effect on their publication on the website of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada.
  3. The directive of the Attorney General to the Director of Public Prosecutions made on February 21, 2007 and published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on March 10, 2007 ceases to be in effect on the publication referred to in section 2.

Signed in Ottawa, Ontario, this 16th day of June, 2014.

PETER MACKAY
Attorney General of Canada

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