What is the basis for a warrant under the Information to Obtain Act?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Leung, 2009 BCPC 32 (CanLII):

In applying R v. Araujo, the court is satisfied that the four indicia discussed above, which were the backbone of the Information to Obtain, while each was inadequate in itself to form reasonable and probable grounds, taken together could form the basis for a justice, acting reasonably, to issue the warrant. Compliance with S 487.1 Criminal Code

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