Originally posted by TRASHANDSUICIDE...

So by that same token, Montreal, under some sort of vote COULD also in turn seperate from Quebec, because to not allow us to would be immoral.

If and when the Parti Québécois forms a government in Quebec, Boisclair said Sunday, it won't be bound by Bill C-20, better known as the Clarity Act. The federal legislation, introduced under the government of former prime minister Jean Chrétien, sets the conditions whereby Ottawa would recognize a vote for secession.

Saturday, November 19, 2005

MONTREAL -- Newly-minted Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair says he does not consider himself subject to the conditions of the Clarity Act, which defines what conditions would have to be met for the government to enter into negotiations following a referendum.

Boisclair says that the choice to pursue independance belongs to Quebecers, and adds that the National Assembly possesses the necessary legitimacy to carry out this process.

According to Boisclair, independance is not a legal but a political choice, and it is up to citizens to make the choice democratically, rather than through the courts.

Boisclair is set to meet on with regional, executive and youth-wing leaders of the Parti Quebecois in Quebec City on Saturday.

© La Presse Canadienne 2005

Treason and other Offences against the Queen's Authority and Person

High treason


46. (1) Every one commits high treason who, in Canada,

(a) kills or attempts to kill Her Majesty, or does her any bodily harm tending to death or destruction, maims or wounds her, or imprisons or restrains her;

(b) levies war against Canada or does any act preparatory thereto; or

(c) assists an enemy at war with Canada, or any armed forces against whom Canadian Forces are engaged in hostilities, whether or not a state of war exists between Canada and the country whose forces they are.

Treason


(2) Every one commits treason who, in Canada,

(a) uses force or violence for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Canada or a province;

(b) without lawful authority, communicates or makes available to an agent of a state other than Canada, military or scientific information or any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document of a military or scientific character that he knows or ought to know may be used by that state for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or defence of Canada;

(c) conspires with any person to commit high treason or to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a);

(d) forms an intention to do anything that is high treason or that is mentioned in paragraph (a) and manifests that intention by an overt act; or

(e) conspires with any person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) or forms an intention to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) and manifests that intention by an overt act.

Canadian citizen


(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2), a Canadian citizen or a person who owes allegiance to Her Majesty in right of Canada,

(a) commits high treason if, while in or out of Canada, he does anything mentioned in subsection (1); or

(b) commits treason if, while in or out of Canada, he does anything mentioned in subsection (2).

Overt act


(4) Where it is treason to conspire with any person, the act of conspiring is an overt act of treason.

R.S., c. C-34, s. 46; 1974-75-76, c. 105, s. 2.

Punishment for high treason


47. (1) Every one who commits high treason is guilty of an indictable offence and shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

Punishment for treason


(2) Every one who commits treason is guilty of an indictable offence and liable

(a) to be sentenced to imprisonment for life if he is guilty of an offence under paragraph 46(2)(a), (c) or (d);

(b) to be sentenced to imprisonment for life if he is guilty of an offence under paragraph 46(2)(b) or (e) committed while a state of war exists between Canada and another country; or

(c) to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years if he is guilty of an offence under paragraph 46(2)(b) or (e) committed while no state of war exists between Canada and another country.

Corroboration


(3) No person shall be convicted of high treason or treason on the evidence of only one witness, unless the evidence of that witness is corroborated in a material particular by evidence that implicates the accused.

Minimum punishment


(4) For the purposes of Part XXIII, the sentence of imprisonment for life prescribed by subsection (1) is a minimum punishment.

R.S., c. C-34, s. 47; 1974-75-76, c. 105, s. 2.

Limitation


48. (1) No proceedings for an offence of treason as defined by paragraph 46(2)(a) shall be commenced more than three years after the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed.

Information for treasonable words


(2) No proceedings shall be commenced under section 47 in respect of an overt act of treason expressed or declared by open and considered speech unless

(a) an information setting out the overt act and the words by which it was expressed or declared is laid under oath before a justice within six days after the time when the words are alleged to have been spoken; and

(b) a warrant for the arrest of the accused is issued within ten days after the time when the information is laid.

R.S., c. C-34, s. 48; 1974-75-76, c. 105, s. 29.

Originally posted by MR. FROG...

hey my little lawyers, can't you argue on something else? Why, except the fact that you are anglophones, don't you want Quebec to be a sovereign State?

Originally posted by MR. FROG...

hey my little lawyers, can't you argue on something else? Why, except the fact that you are anglophones, don't you want Quebec to be a sovereign State?