The Court of Appeal of Alberta Criminal Appeal Rules: SI/2018-34

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 152, Number 9

Registration

May 2, 2018

CRIMINAL CODE

The Court of Appeal of Alberta Criminal Appeal Rules

RESOLUTION

Moved by Slatter JA, seconded by Watson JA:

I Catherine Fraser, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of Alberta, certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution adopted by the judges of the Court of Appeal, at a meeting of the Court duty called and constituted at Edmonton, Alberta, on April 16, 2018.

C.A. Fraser
Chief Justice

Court of Appeal of Alberta Criminal Appeal Rules

Division

Starts at rule #

Division 1: Interpretation and Application

16.1

What this part applies to

16.1

Definitions

16.2

Application of civil rules

16.3

Division 2: Starting an Appeal

16.4

Permission to appeal

16.4

Date of decision

16.5

Self-represented appellants

16.6

How to start an appeal

16.7

Service of the application for permission to appeal or notice of appeal

16.8

Method of service

16.9

Variation of a sentence

16.10

Types of appeals

16.11

Division 3: Appeal Documents

16.12

Preparation of Appeal Record

16.12

Contents of Appeal Record – conviction appeals

16.13

Contents of Appeal Record – sentence appeals

16.14

Format of Appeal Record

16.15

Factums in criminal appeals

16.16

Contents of factums

16.17

Format of factums

16.18

Other appeal documents

16.19

Division 4: Scheduling Oral Argument

16.20

Scheduling conviction appeals

16.20

Unscheduled conviction appeals

16.21

Scheduling sentence appeals

16.22

Division 5: Applications

16.23

Bringing Applications

16.23

Application for permission to appeal

16.24

Judicial interim release

16.25

Application to admit new evidence

16.26

Application to reconsider a previous decision

16.27

Application to restore

16.28

Summary determination of appeals

16.29

Division 6: General Rules

16.30

Presence at appeals

16.30

Duties of counsel

16.31

Abandonment of appeals

16.32

Restoring criminal appeals

16.33

New trials

16.34

Scope of sentence appeals

16.35

Judgment in appeals

16.36

Requirements for all documents

16.37

Coming into force

16.38

Forms CRA-A to CRA-K

 

PART 16

Criminal Appeal Rules

These Rules are made by the Court of Appeal pursuant to section 482 of the Criminal Code, and are included with the civil rules for convenience.

DIVISION 1

Interpretation and Application

What this Part applies to

16.1 This Part applies to all criminal appeals to the Court of Appeal of Alberta, including those arising from or under the appeal procedures set out in:

Definitions

16.2(1) Unless otherwise specified in this Part, and as the context requires, terms used in this Part have the same meaning as in the Criminal Code or the Provincial Offences Procedure Act (Alberta).

(2) In this Part:

(3) A reference in this Part to a form is a reference to the forms in the Schedule of Criminal Appeal Forms, varied to suit the case, or a form to the like effect.

Application of civil rules

16.3(1) Subject to this Part, to any enactment, and to any direction by a case management officer or a single appeal judge, if this Part does not deal with a matter, the provisions of Part 14 of the civil rules respecting standard civil appeals (including rule 14.2) apply to criminal appeals, subject to any modifications or exceptions required to make them appropriate for the administration of criminal justice.

(2) For greater certainty, the following provisions of the civil rules do not apply to criminal appeals:

DIVISION 2

Starting an Appeal

Permission to appeal

16.4(1) Where an appellant requires permission to appeal because

the appellant shall bring an application for permission to appeal pursuant to rule 16.24 [Application for permission to appeal] and Form CRA-C.

(2) If permission to appeal is granted the appellant shall file a notice of appeal pursuant to rule 16.7 [How to start an appeal].

(3) In any case referred to in subsection (1), the application for permission to appeal must be brought within

(4) Where permission to appeal is required in a case not referred to in subsection (1), the appellant shall file a notice of appeal pursuant to rule 16.7 [How to start an appeal], and unless otherwise ordered the application for permission to appeal is deemed to be included in the notice of appeal, and will be heard at the same time as and by the panel hearing the appeal.

Date of decision

16.5 In this Part, “date of decision” means the later of

Self-represented appellants

16.6(1) A self-represented appellant who is in custody may start an appeal by filing with a senior officer of the institution in which the appellant is in custody, within the time specified in rule 16.7 [How to start an appeal], 3 copies of a notice of appeal in Form CRA-A.

(2) The senior officer must endorse on the notice of appeal the date it was received, return a copy to the appellant, retain a copy, and forthwith forward a copy to the Registrar.

How to start an appeal

16.7(1) An appeal, other than an appeal by a self-represented appellant in custody referred to in rule 16.6, must be started by filing with the Registrar 3 copies of a notice of appeal

(2) The notice of appeal must be filed within

and subject to rule 16.8 [Service of the notice of appeal] an additional filed copy must be served on the respondent within those time limits.

Information note

The deadline for appealing a disposition under section 672.72 of the Criminal Code is 15 days after receipt of a copy of the placement or disposition decision. The deadline for appealing under section 50 of the Extradition Act is 30 days from the decision.

If convictions are entered, or sentences are imposed simultaneously by a trial judge in connection with both a summary conviction matter and an indictable matter, both matters may be appealed together to the Court of Appeal: Criminal Code, subsections 675(1.1) & 676(1.1).

Service of the application for permission to appeal or notice of appeal

16.8(1) If the appellant is not the Attorney General or prosecutor, the Registrar must forthwith forward a copy of the application for permission to appeal or notice of appeal to the Attorney General or prosecutor.

(2) In all other cases the appellant must serve a filed copy of the application for permission to appeal or notice of appeal on the respondent in accordance with rule 16.9 [Method of service], within the time specified in rule 16.7 [How to start an appeal].

Method of service

16.9(1) Subject to any enactment, an application for permission to appeal and a notice of appeal as of right filed by the Attorney General must be personally served on the respondent.

(2) An application for permission to appeal and a notice of appeal as of right filed by a convicted person must be served on the Attorney General.

(3) Any documents other than an application for permission to appeal or a notice of appeal as of right subsequently required to be served on a party to a criminal appeal may be served at the address for service provided by that party, or on the lawyer of record for that party.

Variation of a sentence

16.10 If a sentence appeal is started by a convicted person, and the Attorney General proposes to argue on appeal that the sentence should be varied, the Attorney General must file and serve a Notice of Variation of Sentence in Form CRA-D on or before filing the respondent’s sentence factum.

Types of appeal

16.11 Unless otherwise ordered, where an appeal is started from both conviction and sentence,

DIVISION 3

Appeal Documents

Preparation of Appeal Record

16.12(1) The appellant must,

(2) Subject to rule 16.13 [Contents of Appeal Record – conviction appeals], rule 16.14 [Contents of Appeal Record – sentence appeals] and rule 16.15 [Format of Appeal Record], the appellant must file 5 copies of the Appeal Record, and serve on the respondent an additional filed copy of the Appeal Record and an electronic copy of the Transcripts.

(3) The Appeal Record and Transcripts must be prepared promptly and filed and served forthwith after they are available, and

(4) If the Appeal Record is not filed and served within the applicable deadline, and an extension is not obtained

Contents of Appeal Record - conviction appeals

16.13 The Appeal Record for conviction appeals must contain the following:

Contents of Appeal Record - sentence appeals

16.14 The Appeal Record for sentence appeals must contain the following:

Format of Appeal Record

16.15(1) The Appeal Record in criminal appeals must comply with rule 16.37 (Requirements for all documents) and

(2) The Transcripts must

(3) With the consent of all parties, or by order, an Appeal Record may be completed in an electronic format approved by the Registrar.

(4) A case management officer may set or vary the contents or format of the Appeal Record as the nature of the appeal requires, including giving direction respecting transcripts.

Information note

If any document required to be included in the Appeal Record is not available at the time of preparation, it can be appended to the factum, the Extracts of Key Evidence, or the Book of Authorities: subrule 16.19(5).

Factums in criminal appeals

16.16(1) The appellant must file 5 copies of an appellant’s factum that meets the requirements of rule 16.17 [Contents of factums], rule 16.18 [Format of factums] and rule 16.37 [Requirements for all documents].

(2) The appellant’s factum must be filed and served as follows:

(3) If the appellant’s factum is not filed and served by the applicable deadline, and an extension is not obtained,

(4) The respondent must file and serve 5 copies of a respondent’s factum that meets the requirements of rule 16.17 [Contents of factums], rule 16.18 [Format of factums] and rule 16.37 [Requirements for all documents], or a letter of intention not to file a factum

(5) A respondent that does not file a factum is not permitted to present oral argument unless the panel of the Court hearing the appeal orders otherwise.

Contents of factums

16.17(1) A factum must include the following:

(2) A factum in a sentence appeal must include a Sentence Appeal Questionnaire in Form CRA-E immediately following the table of contents

(3) A case management officer may vary the format requirements of or dispense with the preparation of a factum.

Information note

Rule 16.37 [Requirements for all documents] contains format requirements for all documents. Rule 16.37(1)(f) permits attaching authorities and Extracts of Key Evidence to the factum if they are not bulky.

Format of factums

16.18(1) Factums must be

(2) Parts 1 to 5 of a factum must not exceed 30 pages in length for each separately represented party or intervenor.

(3) Factums must contain precise references to the location, page numbers and paragraph numbers or lines of the Appeal Record, Extracts of Key Evidence and authorities referred to.

(4) Each factum must have cardstock covers, front and back, prepared as required by rule 16.37 [Requirements for all documents], in the following colours:

Other appeal documents

16.19(1) Where needed to resolve the issues in the appeal, each party must file Extracts of Key Evidence

(2) Extracts of Key Evidence must be prepared as required by rule 16.37 [Requirements for all documents] and

(3) Each party to any appeal shall prepare, if necessary, a Book of Authorities

(4) Books of Authorities must be prepared as required by rule 16.37 [Requirements for all documents] and

(5) If any document required by rule 16.13 [Contents of Appeal Record – conviction appeals] or 16.14 [Contents of Appeal Record – sentence appeals] is not available at the time of preparation of the Appeal Record, a copy must be included in the Extracts of Key Evidence or appended to the factum.

(6) A party preparing Extracts of Key Evidence or Books of Authorities must file 5 copies with the Registrar, when or before filing that party’s factum, and must file and serve one additional copy on every other party to the appeal.

(7) The clerk of a trial court must, on request of the Attorney General or counsel for the Attorney General, supply certified copies of any exhibits or records in the clerk’s possession that are required for an appeal.

(8) On request of the Court, the trial judge must provide a report on any matter related to the case.

DIVISION 4

Scheduling Oral Argument

Scheduling conviction appeals

16.20(1) Subject to any enactment, no later than 20 days after the deadline for the filing of the last factum in any conviction appeal,

(2) A case management officer may at any time place any conviction appeal on the Unscheduled Criminal Appeals List.

(3) All the parties to each appeal on the Unscheduled Criminal Appeals List must appear at the time scheduled for the calling of the List, and

(4) If the appellant in an appeal referred to in subrule (3) does not appear at the time scheduled for the calling of the List, the appeal may be struck.

Information Note

Section 672.72(3) of the Criminal Code provides that appeals from dispositions (after findings of not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder) are to be expedited. Sections 51(1) and 57(5) of the Extradition Act require that appeals be heard at an early date.

The procedure for speaking to the Unscheduled Criminal Appeals List is set out in the Consolidated Practice Directions.

Unscheduled conviction appeals

16.21 If oral argument of a conviction appeal is not scheduled within 9 months of the filing of the notice of appeal, and no extension or direction has been received from a case management officer

Scheduling sentence appeals

16.22(1) Subject to the direction of a case management officer, 20 days before the opening day of each scheduled sitting for sentence appeals the Registrar will set down at that sitting every sentence appeal where

(2) The Registrar must advise any self-represented party of the scheduled date of the sentence appeal.

(3) Unless otherwise ordered, the sentence appeal must proceed in accordance with the deadlines in this Part, notwithstanding that an appeal of the conviction appeal decision or an application for leave to appeal the conviction appeal decision has been filed with the Supreme Court of Canada.

Information Note

Sentence appeals are heard every month in Edmonton and Calgary, except in July and August. Parties who wish to schedule matters (such as appeals of sentences of short duration) during the sittings in July should contact a case management officer for advice.

A case management officer can defer oral argument on sentence appeals where a self-represented party is awaiting confirmation of Legal Aid coverage, where a self-represented party intends to file a factum, or where other circumstances make the default scheduling rules inappropriate.

DIVISION 5

Applications

Bringing applications

16.23(1) Subject to subrule 16.4(2), the applicant must

(2) Subject to rule 16.24 [Application for permission to appeal], the applicant must file and serve

(3) The respondent to an application

(4) Memoranda filed on an application must be formatted as required by rule 16.18(1)(a) and

(5) A respondent who fails to respond to an application or who elects not to file a memorandum in response to an application may not present oral argument at the hearing of the application unless the single appeal judge or the panel of the Court otherwise permits.

(6) Unless otherwise permitted,

Information Note

All of the materials should be filed simultaneously, unless the application must be filed first to preserve a time limit. If in urgent matters the applicant wishes to abridge the time limits, a case management officer should be consulted for directions.

Application for permission to appeal

16.24(1) An application for permission to appeal must

(2) Subject to any enactment, no appeal lies from an order of a single appeal judge granting or denying permission to appeal.

(3) An application for permission to appeal that has not been heard within 6 months from the date of the filing of the application is deemed to have been abandoned unless a case management officer otherwise directs.

Judicial interim release

16.25(1) An application for judicial interim release may not be brought until

(2) An application for judicial interim release in an appeal against sentence only is deemed to include an application for permission to appeal sentence.

(3) Unless otherwise ordered, an application for judicial interim release pending appeal must be based on an affidavit of the applicant deposing to any facts relevant and material to the application, which must include:

(4) Unless otherwise ordered, an order granting judicial interim release must be in form CRA-G.

(5) An appellant who is granted judicial interim release must diligently prosecute the appeal, must comply strictly with all appeal deadlines, and must keep the Registrar informed of any changes of address or contact information.

(6) If an appellant is granted judicial interim release and the appeal is struck or abandoned a warrant for arrest may issue without further order.

Information Note

The affidavit in support of judicial interim release should generally disclose the prior and proposed place of residence and employment of the applicant, and any other information likely to be pertinent to the application.

Application to admit new evidence

16.26(1) An application to admit new evidence must be filed and served prior to the filing of, and prior to the deadline for filing, the applicant’s factum.

(2) In addition to the documents required by subrule 16.23(2), the applicant must file

Application to reconsider a previous decision

16.27 An application to reconsider a previous decision of the Court must be filed and served and must be returnable prior to the filing of, and prior to the deadline for filing, the applicant’s factum.

Application to restore

16.28 An application to restore an appeal that has been struck or an application for permission to appeal that has been deemed abandoned must be filed, served and granted within 6 months after having been struck or deemed abandoned.

Summary determination of appeals

16.29(1) The Registrar may refer to the Court for summary determination any appeal that

(2) The Registrar may refer to a single appeal judge for summary determination any appeal that does not show a substantial ground of appeal, or that should have been filed with another court.

DIVISION 6

General Rules

Presence at appeals

16.30(1) Subject to subrule (2), an appellant or respondent in custody is entitled to be present at the hearing of the appeal.

(2) An appellant who is in custody and who is represented by counsel is not entitled to be present on the hearing of any appeal on a question of law alone, or any application unless the right to be present is granted by an enactment, or a single appeal judge orders the appellant to be present.

(3) A single appeal judge may order that an appellant or respondent who is entitled to be present at an application or appeal appear instead by means of a telecommunication device, closed-circuit television, or other suitable method of communication.

Information Note

Subject to the direction of a single appeal judge, the entitlement of an appellant who is in custody to be present at the hearing of the appeal is specified in section 688 of the Criminal Code.

Duties of counsel

16.31(1) Counsel who are retained to represent a party in a criminal appeal must forthwith advise the Registrar in writing of

(2) A lawyer of record in a criminal appeal must apply to a single appeal judge, on notice to the client and the Attorney General, for permission to withdraw from the record unless a Notice of Change of Representation in Form CRA-H is filed by another lawyer.

(3) A lawyer of record in a criminal appeal who is given permission to withdraw from the record shall within 10 days after permission was granted file with the Registrar and serve on the Attorney General a statement setting out an address for service or the last known address and contact information of the client.

Abandonment of appeals

16.32 An appellant may abandon the appeal by filing and serving a Notice of Abandonment in Form CRA-I.

Restoring criminal appeals

16.33(1) An appeal that has been struck or an application for permission to appeal that has been deemed to have been abandoned may be restored with the filed written consent of the parties, or by order of a single appeal judge granted under rule 16.28 [Application to restore], but no fee is payable for restoring a criminal appeal.

(2) An order or written consent restoring an appeal must set deadlines and directions for the filing of any outstanding materials, and if the appellant fails to comply with any of those deadlines or directions, the appeal is deemed to have been struck again.

New trials

16.34 Unless otherwise ordered, where the Court orders a new trial

Scope of sentence appeals

16.35 In any sentence appeal the Court on its own motion may treat the whole matter of sentence as open to variation, but if the Court intends to vary a sentence pursuant to this rule, notice and an opportunity to be heard must be provided to the parties.

Judgment in appeals

16.36(1) Unless otherwise directed, a formal judgment is not required in a criminal appeal unless an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada is filed, applied for or contemplated.

(2) Where a judge of the Court dissents from the decision of the Court on a point of law, any judgment of the Court that is prepared must specify the grounds on which the dissent is based.

(3) Unless otherwise directed, where the Attorney General prepares a formal order or judgment resulting from an application or appeal, and the other party is self-represented, the approval of the other party is not required.

Requirements for all documents

16.37(1) All materials prepared for an appeal must

(2) The Appeal Record, factums, Extracts of Key Evidence and Books of Authorities must have a cover page in Form CRA-K that includes the name of the Court, the location of the office of the Registrar of the Court and the appeal number assigned by the Registrar.

Coming into Force

16.38 These Rules come into force and

Schedule of Criminal Appeal Forms

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-A

[Rule 16.6]

Registrar’s Stamp





To be used when Appellant is not represented by counsel

  1. On _____________________
    (date)
    at ______________________,
    (place)
    I was convicted on charges of:
    (Set out details of charges)
  2. The proceedings took place in (check one):
    • ☐ Provincial Court
    • ☐ Court of Queen’s Bench
  3. The name of the Judge was: ______________________________________
  4. I pleaded (check one):
    • ☐ Guilty
    • ☐ Not Guilty
  5. On _____________________ I was sentenced
    (date)
    to: ________________________________________________________
    (Set out details of charges)
  6. My address or institution is: ________________________________________________________________________
    (Note: This address will be used to serve appeal documents and must be kept current by the Appellant.)
  7. 7. I give notice that I desire to appeal, and if necessary for me to do so, to apply for permission to appeal against (check one):
    • ☐ Conviction only
    • ☐ Sentence only
    • ☐ Both conviction and sentence
  8. My reasons for appealing are:
    (Set out details for appealing)
  9. I intend to:
    • ☐ represent myself on the appeal
    • ☐ apply to Legal Aid for a Lawyer
    • ☐ hire my own lawyer.
  10. At the hearing of the appeal (check one):
    • ☐ I wish to be present
    • ☐ I do not wish to be present
  11. If a new trial is ordered and I have the right to trial by judge and jury (check one):
    • ☐ I wish trial by judge and jury
    • ☐ I do not wish trial by judge and jury
  12. My date of birth is: ___________________________________

Dated on: ________________________

Appellant’s Signature: ________________________________

IF APPELLANT IS IN CUSTODY

3 copies of this Notice of Appeal are to be served on a senior officer of the institution in which the appellant is in custody within one month of the sentence being imposed on him.

IF APPELLANT IS NOT IN CUSTODY

3 copies of this Notice of Appeal are to be filed in the office of the Registrar within one month from the date of sentencing.

NOTICE TO APPELLANT

Take notice that on an appeal from conviction, the Appeal Record is essential. The Appeal Record is to be ordered by the Appellant from Transcript Management Services, at the expense of the Appellant. On the filing of this Notice of Appeal, the Registrar can advise about legal aid procedures available if the Appellant does not have the funds to pay for the Appeal Record. The estimated cost of the Appeal Record may be obtained from Transcript Management Services.

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-B

[Rule 16.7]

Registrar’s Stamp





  1. The Appeal is in respect of: ☐ an indictable offence, or ☐ by way of further Appeal from the Court of Queen’s Bench in respect of a summary conviction offence
  2. Place of Trial ____________________________________________________________________________________
  3. Name of Judge ____________________________________________________________________________________
  4. Name of Court ____________________________________________________________________________________
  5. Name of Crown Prosecutor at Trial _________________________________________________________________
  6. Name of Defence Counsel at Trial _________________________________________________________________
  7. Offences of which Appellant convicted or acquitted
    (Summarize each charge the appellant is appealing as it appears in the information or indictment, the plea, and the sentences imposed.)

    Offence Name

    Section

    Plea

    Sentence

           
           
           
           
           
           
           
  8. Date of Sentence or Acquittal _____________________________________________________________________
  9. If the Appellant is in custody, place of incarceration ____________________________________________________
    TAKE NOTICE that the Appellant: (check all of the following that are applicable)
    • ☐ appeals against conviction (or acquittal) on grounds involving a question of law alone
    • ☐ applies for permission to appeal his conviction on grounds involving a question of fact alone, or a question of mixed law of mixed law and fact, and if permission is granted, hereby appeals against conviction
    • ☐ applies for permission to appeal against sentence, and if permission is granted, appeals against the sentence.
  10. The grounds of Appeal are attached.
  11. The relief sought is:
    • The Appellant
      • wishes
      • does not wish
    • to be present at the hearing of the Appeal (s. 688).
    • If a new Trial is ordered and the Appellant has a right to trial by judge and jury, the Appellant
      • wishes
      • does not wish
      the new trial to be by judge and jury (s. 686(5)).

Dated on _________________________

at ________________________, Alberta

_________________________________________
Counsel for the Applicant

Appendix: Grounds of Appeal

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-C

[Rules 16.4, 16.24]

Registrar’s Stamp





NOTICE TO RESPONDENT

You have the right to state your side of this matter before the Court.

To do so, you must be in court when the application is heard as shown below.

Date __________________________________

Time __________________________________

Where __________________________________

WARNING

If you do not come to Court on the date and time shown above either in person or by your lawyer, the Court may give the applicant what it wants in your absence. You will be bound by any order that the Court makes. If you intend to rely on other evidence or a memorandum in support of your position when the application is heard or considered, you must file and serve those documents in compliance with the Rules. (Rule 16.23(3))

Dated on ___________________________

at ________________________, Alberta

_______________________________________
Applicant, or Counsel for the Applicant

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-D

[Rule 16.10]

Registrar’s Stamp





Take notice that on the hearing of the appeal of the sentence imposed, Her Majesty the Queen intends to argue that the sentence should be increased or otherwise varied.

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-E

[R. 16.17(2)]

Sentence Appeal Questionnaire

This questionnaire should be placed as the first page of the sentence appeal factum, immediately after the table of contents. (R. 16.17(2))

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-F

[Rule 16.23]

Registrar’s Stamp





NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Indicate name of respondent to this application, and their status on appeal.)

WARNING

If you do not come to Court on the date and time shown below either in person or by your lawyer, the Court may give the applicant what it wants in your absence. You will be bound by any order that the Court makes. If you intend to rely on other evidence or a memorandum in support of your position when the application is heard or considered, you must file and serve those documents in compliance with the Rules. (Rule 16.23)


NOTICE TO RESPONDENT:

Nature of Application and Relief Sought:

Grounds for making this application:

Material or evidence to be relied on:

Applicable Acts, regulations and rules:

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-G

[Rule 16.25(4)]

Registrar’s Stamp





(Summarize each charge the appellant is appealing as it appears in the information or indictment, and the exact sentences imposed.)

Offence Name

Section

Sentence

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Directions

Selections
 
  • 1. IT IS ORDERED THAT the Application be allowed and the Appellant be released upon:

Use the most appropriate one of the following two paragraphs

  • (a) Entering into an Undertaking, with the following conditions, namely:
    • (i) keep the peace and be of good behavior;
    • (ii) report to Court in person as and when required by the Court;
    • (iii) remain within ______________________;
    • (iv) pursue the appeal with due diligence, and in particular comply with any deadlines and directions in the Rules of Court, in this Order, or as made respecting the appeal;
    • (v) __________________________________
      (include any other conditions that the Court orders. Refer to the Schedule to this Form and Forms 11, 11.1, 12 & 32 of the Criminal Code.)

Select either "with" or "without" as appropriate

  • (b) Entering into a Recognizance in the amount of $ _____________ with/without deposit of cash or other valuable security, and with/without sureties as deemed acceptable to the Court, with the following conditions, namely:
    • (i) keep the peace and be of good behavior;
    • (ii) report to Court in person as and when required by the Court;
    • (iii) remain within ______________________;
    • (iv) pursue the appeal with due diligence, and in particular comply with any deadlines and directions in the Rules of Court, in this Order, or as made respecting the appeal;
    • (v) __________________________________
      (include any other conditions that the Court orders. Refer to the Schedule to this Form and Forms 11, 11.1, 12 & 32 of the Criminal Code)
 
  • 2. Such Undertaking or Recognizance may be entered into by the Appellant before any Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta or any Justice of the Peace.
  • 3. Any Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta or any Justice of the Peace may order that the Appellant be brought in for the purpose of entering into such Undertaking or Recognizance, and this Order shall be sufficient authority to any person having the custody of the Appellant in the Province of Alberta to have the Appellant brought before a Judge or Justice of the Peace.
  • 4. If the Appellant is brought before a Judge or Justice of the Peace and enters into the Undertaking or Recognizance, the person having custody of the Appellant shall release the Appellant forthwith.
  • 5. The Appellant is to attend personally and provide picture identification, at the opening of the next sittings of the Court of Appeal on (day of week) day, the (date), between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., at the Court of Appeal Registry Counter, (on the main floor of the Law Courts Building/
    on the 26th floor of the TransCanada Pipeline Tower), in the City of (Edmonton/Calgary), in the Province of Alberta, and at the opening of every sitting thereafter until such time as the appeal can be heard, subject to such further Order as a Judge of the Court may make.
  • 6. On the hearing date, the Appellant shall attend the courtroom assigned for hearing of the appeal between the hours of 9:45 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., or any other such time as directed, and shall then and there surrender into the custody of any peace officer, pending the hearing of the appeal.
  • 7. The appeal shall proceed in strict compliance with the Rules of Court, and the (name of document) must be filed by (date of deadline), failing which the Crown may apply to revoke this order.

If appropriate, insert any other deadlines imposed by the Court

  • 8. Additionally, the following deadlines are hereby imposed:
    • (a) _____________________________________
    • (b) _____________________________________
    • (c) _____________________________________

__________________________________
Registrar, Court of Appeal

[Or if the judge has indicated that he or she will be signing the order (and not the Registrar), label this line as “Justice of Appeal” as follows:

__________________________________
Justice of Appeal]

Approved As Being The Order Granted:
(Or Consented To By:)

_____________________________________

Schedule

All the conditions in the Order must be carried forward into the Undertaking or Recognizance. Refer to sections 515(4), (4.1), and (4.2) of the Criminal Code, and Forms 11 (recognizance before peace officer), 11.1 (undertaking to peace officer), 12 (undertaking to justice or judge) and 32 (recognizance). Where the Court imposes further conditions on release, the following wording may be used:

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-H

[Rule 16.31(2)]

Registrar’s Stamp





WARNING

This change of representation takes effect after the affidavit of service of this document on each of the other parties is filed. After that date, no delivery of a pleading or other document relating to the action is effective service on the former lawyer of record or at any address for service previously provided by the former lawyer of record, or on the self-represented litigant.


Legal Counsel for [Name and Status]:

Law firm name:

Per: __________________________________

__________________________________

(print name of lawyer signing)

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-I

[Rule 16.32]

Registrar’s Stamp





The Appellant abandons the:

The Appellant acknowledges that this abandonment ends the appeal that is being abandoned.

_________________________________
(signature of appellant or counsel)

_________________________________
(print name)

__________________________________
(witness, unless signed by counsel)

__________________________________
(print name)

Dated this __________ day of __________, 20_____.

COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-J

[Rule 16.37(1)(b)]

Registrar’s Stamp





COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA

Form CRA-K

[Rule 16.37(2)]

Registrar’s Stamp





Appeal from the Decision of
The Honourable Mr./Madam Justice/Judge First initial(s), Surname
Dated the  day of  , 20

Title of Book (including name and status on appeal of filing party), volume number and page numbers and/or tabs included in volume

Party’s name, counsel’s name, address, telephone and fax number of party filing this document

Contact information of all other parties to the appeal

Name, address and telephone and fax numbers of the individual or organization that prepared this document
(Delete the following if the cover page is being used for a document other than an appeal record)

The appeal record has been prepared in