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NOVA SCOTIA RULES OF
PRACTICE RESPECTING REDUCTION
IN THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF
IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT
ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE

(SOR/91-167)
February 27, 1991   


     The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Trial Division, pursuant to subsection 745(5) of the Criminal Code, hereby makes the annexed Nova Scotia Rules of Practice respecting applications and hearings concerning a reduction in the number of years of imprisonment without eligibility for parole.

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 26, 1991

HONORABLE CONSTANCE R. GLUBE   
Chief Justice of the Court of Nova Scotia, Trial Division   

NOVA SCOTIA RULES OF PRACTICE RESPECTING
APPLICATIONS AND HEARINGS CONCERNING A
REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF
IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTIONS
SHORT TITLE 1
INTERPRETATION 2
APPLICATION
CONTENTS OF APPLICATION 3
AFFIDAVIT 4
FILING OF APPLICATION 5
SERVICE 6
DELIVERY OF APPLICATION 7
DETERMINATION 8
NOTICE 9
PRELIMINARY HEARING
PROCEDURE 10
PAROLE ELIGIBILITY REPORT 11
PRELIMINARY HEARING RESUMED 12
CROSS-EXAMINATION ON REPORT 13
JUDGE TO DECIDE IN CASE OF DISPUTE 14
JURY 15
HEARING OF APPLICATION
JURY 16
POWERS OF JUDGE 17
STANDING 18
ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE 19
DETERMINATION BY CHIEF JUSTICE 20
ARGUMENT 21
ADDRESS BY JUDGE 22
DECISION OF JURY 23
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL POWERS OF JUDGE 24
TRANSCRIPT 25
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