Chapter 9

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1. Student Sally may record her conversations with student Sam without committing a criminal offence.

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2. Student Sally may record her roommate's conversations with student Sam without committing a criminal offence.

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3. A judge could provide authorization for the police to investigate a riot under section 65 of the Criminal Code, provided that it would be in the best interests of the administration of justice and other investigative procedures have been tried and have failed, other investigative procedures are unlikely to succeed, or the urgency of the matter is such that it would be impractical to carry out the investigation of the offence using only other investigative procedures.

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4. An application for authorization to intercept a private communication under section 186 is made to a judge of a superior court of jurisdiction, as opposed to a Provincial Court judge.

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5. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided that a basket clause in an authorization to intercept private communications is valid.

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6. The police may intercept conversations between student Sally and student Sam, provided they have the permission of one or the other of them.

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7. Undercover police officers may record conversations they have with alleged criminals, provided there are grounds to believe there is a risk of bodily harm to them and the interception is made to prevent bodily harm.

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8. The interceptions mentioned in question 7 are admissible in court as evidence of the offence being investigated.

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9. It is an offence for student Sally to videotape the activities of student Sam without his knowledge.

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10. The trial judge is allowed to open the judicial authorization packet for interception communications after the Crown has deleted any part of the document that the prosecutor believes would be prejudicial to the public interest.

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