What is the legal test for obtaining information of an alleged sexual offence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Shurtliff v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2018 BCSC 1164 (CanLII):
If the alleged offence is known to law and facially complies with the requirements of s. 504 of the Criminal Code, the justice must receive the information, and this commences criminal proceedings: Ambrosi v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2014 BCCA 123 [Ambrosi BCCA] at para. 20, leave to appeal to SCC ref’d [2014] S.C.C.A. No. 320.
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