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P-9.2 - Police Act

Section 12
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Duties of police officer
12(1)A police officer shall perform the following duties throughout the Province: 
(a) maintain law and order;
(b) prevent the commission of offences;
(c) enforce penal provisions;
(d) escort and convey persons in custody to or from a court or other place;
(e) serve and execute, or assist in serving and executing, court process in respect of offences;
(f) maintain order in the courts;
(g) assist in taking children into the protective care of the Minister of Social Development and enforce court orders issued in family proceedings when the safety or security of a child or other person is at risk; and
(h) assist in the enforcement of a court order on the request of the Minister.
12(1.1)A police officer may perform all other duties and services that may lawfully be performed by the police officer.
12(1.2)Repealed: 1987, c.41, s.6
12(2)A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a police officer appointed for a municipality or region who is investigating an alleged offence or otherwise discharging the responsibilities of the member or officer in a municipality or region policed by another police force shall notify, as soon as the circumstances permit, the police force responsible for policing that municipality or region as to the purpose of the discharge of the responsibilities.
12(2.1)Every chief of police shall prepare and submit to the Minister on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year a report setting out
(a) the number of times in the preceding year a notification was received under subsection (2) and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region, and
(b) the number of times in the preceding year a member of the police force of which the chief of police is head has discharged the member’s responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(3)No member of a police force shall relinquish, transfer or delegate to a person other than a member of a police force or of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the doing of any thing that is the member’s responsibility under this Act.
1981, c.59, s.9; 1984, c.54, s.5; 1986, c.8, s.100; 1987, c.N-5.2, s.25; 1987, c.41, s.6; 1988, c.67, s.8; 1991, c.26, s.6; 2000, c.26, s.241; 2005, c.21, s.7; 2008, c.6, s.35; 2016, c.37, s.142; 2019, c.2, s.108; 2021, c.25, s.1
Duties of police officer
12(1)Each police officer is charged with responsibility for
(a) maintaining law and order,
(b) preventing offences against the law,
(c) enforcing penal provisions of the law,
(d) escorting and conveying persons in custody to or from a court or other place,
(e) serving and executing court process in respect of offences against the law,
(f) maintaining order in the courts,
(f.1) assisting in the taking of a child into the protective care of the Minister of Social Development as well as in the enforcement of warrants, custody orders, protective intervention orders, restraining orders and similar court orders issued in family proceedings, when the safety or security of a child or other person is at risk,
(f.2) assisting in the enforcement of any court order when requested by the Minister,
(g) performing all other duties and services that may lawfully be executed and performed by him,
and shall discharge his responsibility throughout the Province.
(h) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
(i) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
12(1.2)Repealed: 1987, c.41, s.6
12(2)A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a police officer appointed for a municipality or region who is investigating an alleged offence or otherwise discharging his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force shall, as soon as is practicable, notify the police force responsible for policing that municipality or region as to the purpose of the discharge of his responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(2.1)Every chief of police shall prepare and submit to the Minister on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year a report setting out
(a) the number of times in the preceding year a notification was received under subsection (2) and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region, and
(b) the number of times in the preceding year a member of the police force of which the chief of police is head has discharged his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(3)No member of a police force shall relinquish, transfer or delegate to a person other than a member of a police force or of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the doing of any thing that is his responsibility under this Act.
1981, c.59, s.9; 1984, c.54, s.5; 1986, c.8, s.100; 1987, c.N-5.2, s.25; 1987, c.41, s.6; 1988, c.67, s.8; 1991, c.26, s.6; 2000, c.26, s.241; 2005, c.21, s.7; 2008, c.6, s.35; 2016, c.37, s.142; 2019, c.2, s.108
Duties of police officer
12(1)Each police officer is charged with responsibility for
(a) maintaining law and order,
(b) preventing offences against the law,
(c) enforcing penal provisions of the law,
(d) escorting and conveying persons in custody to or from a court or other place,
(e) serving and executing court process in respect of offences against the law,
(f) maintaining order in the courts,
(f.1) assisting in the taking of a child into the protective care of the Minister of Families and Children as well as in the enforcement of warrants, custody orders, protective intervention orders, restraining orders and similar court orders issued in family proceedings, when the safety or security of a child or other person is at risk,
(f.2) assisting in the enforcement of any court order when requested by the Minister,
(g) performing all other duties and services that may lawfully be executed and performed by him,
and shall discharge his responsibility throughout the Province.
(h) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
(i) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
12(1.2)Repealed: 1987, c.41, s.6
12(2)A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a police officer appointed for a municipality or region who is investigating an alleged offence or otherwise discharging his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force shall, as soon as is practicable, notify the police force responsible for policing that municipality or region as to the purpose of the discharge of his responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(2.1)Every chief of police shall prepare and submit to the Minister on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year a report setting out
(a) the number of times in the preceding year a notification was received under subsection (2) and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region, and
(b) the number of times in the preceding year a member of the police force of which the chief of police is head has discharged his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(3)No member of a police force shall relinquish, transfer or delegate to a person other than a member of a police force or of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the doing of any thing that is his responsibility under this Act.
1981, c.59, s.9; 1984, c.54, s.5; 1986, c.8, s.100; 1987, c.N-5.2, s.25; 1987, c.41, s.6; 1988, c.67, s.8; 1991, c.26, s.6; 2000, c.26, s.241; 2005, c.21, s.7; 2008, c.6, s.35; 2016, c.37, s.142
Duties of police officer
12(1)Each police officer is charged with responsibility for
(a) maintaining law and order,
(b) preventing offences against the law,
(c) enforcing penal provisions of the law,
(d) escorting and conveying persons in custody to or from a court or other place,
(e) serving and executing court process in respect of offences against the law,
(f) maintaining order in the courts,
(f.1) assisting in the taking of a child into the protective care of the Minister of Social Development as well as in the enforcement of warrants, custody orders, protective intervention orders, restraining orders and similar court orders issued in family proceedings, when the safety or security of a child or other person is at risk,
(f.2) assisting in the enforcement of any court order when requested by the Minister,
(g) performing all other duties and services that may lawfully be executed and performed by him,
and shall discharge his responsibility throughout the Province.
(h) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
(i) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
12(1.2)Repealed: 1987, c.41, s.6
12(2)A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a police officer appointed for a municipality or region who is investigating an alleged offence or otherwise discharging his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force shall, as soon as is practicable, notify the police force responsible for policing that municipality or region as to the purpose of the discharge of his responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(2.1)Every chief of police shall prepare and submit to the Minister on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year a report setting out
(a) the number of times in the preceding year a notification was received under subsection (2) and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region, and
(b) the number of times in the preceding year a member of the police force of which the chief of police is head has discharged his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(3)No member of a police force shall relinquish, transfer or delegate to a person other than a member of a police force or of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the doing of any thing that is his responsibility under this Act.
1981, c.59, s.9; 1984, c.54, s.5; 1986, c.8, s.100; 1987, c.N-5.2, s.25; 1987, c.41, s.6; 1988, c.67, s.8; 1991, c.26, s.6; 2000, c.26, s.241; 2005, c.21, s.7; 2008, c.6, s.35
Duties of police officer
12(1)Each police officer is charged with responsibility for
(a) maintaining law and order,
(b) preventing offences against the law,
(c) enforcing penal provisions of the law,
(d) escorting and conveying persons in custody to or from a court or other place,
(e) serving and executing court process in respect of offences against the law,
(f) maintaining order in the courts,
(f.1) assisting in the taking of a child into the protective care of the Minister of Family and Community Services as well as in the enforcement of warrants, custody orders, protective intervention orders, restraining orders and similar court orders issued in family proceedings, when the safety or security of a child or other person is at risk,
(f.2) assisting in the enforcement of any court order when requested by the Minister,
(g) performing all other duties and services that may lawfully be executed and performed by him,
and shall discharge his responsibility throughout the Province.
(h) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
(i) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
12(1.2)Repealed: 1987, c.41, s.6
12(2)A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a police officer appointed for a municipality or region who is investigating an alleged offence or otherwise discharging his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force shall, as soon as is practicable, notify the police force responsible for policing that municipality or region as to the purpose of the discharge of his responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(2.1)Every chief of police shall prepare and submit to the Minister on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year a report setting out
(a) the number of times in the preceding year a notification was received under subsection (2) and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region, and
(b) the number of times in the preceding year a member of the police force of which the chief of police is head has discharged his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(3)No member of a police force shall relinquish, transfer or delegate to a person other than a member of a police force or of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the doing of any thing that is his responsibility under this Act.
1981, c.59, s.9; 1984, c.54, s.5; 1986, c.8, s.100; 1987, c.N-5.2, s.25; 1987, c.41, s.6; 1988, c.67, s.8; 1991, c.26, s.6; 2000, c.26, s.241; 2005, c.21, s.7
Duties of police officer
12(1)Each police officer is charged with responsibility for
(a) maintaining law and order,
(b) preventing offences against the law,
(c) enforcing penal provisions of the law,
(d) escorting and conveying persons in custody to or from a court or other place,
(e) serving and executing court process in respect of offences against the law,
(f) maintaining order in the courts,
(f.1) assisting in the taking of a child into the protective care of the Minister of Family and Community Services as well as in the enforcement of warrants, custody orders, protective intervention orders, restraining orders and similar court orders issued in family proceedings, when the safety or security of a child or other person is at risk,
(f.2) assisting in the enforcement of any court order when requested by the Minister,
(g) performing all other duties and services that may lawfully be executed and performed by him,
and shall discharge his responsibility throughout the Province.
(h) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
(i) Repealed: 1988, c.67, s.8
12(1.2)Repealed: 1987, c.41, s.6
12(2)A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a police officer appointed for a municipality or region who is investigating an alleged offence or otherwise discharging his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force shall, as soon as is practicable, notify the police force responsible for policing that municipality or region as to the purpose of the discharge of his responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(2.1)Every chief of police shall prepare and submit to the Minister on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year a report setting out
(a) the number of times in the preceding year a notification was received under subsection (2) and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region, and
(b) the number of times in the preceding year a member of the police force of which the chief of police is head has discharged his responsibilities in a municipality or region policed by another police force and the purpose for the discharge of the member’s responsibilities in that municipality or region.
12(3)No member of a police force shall relinquish, transfer or delegate to a person other than a member of a police force or of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the doing of any thing that is his responsibility under this Act.
1981, c.59, s.9; 1984, c.54, s.5; 1986, c.8, s.100; 1987, c.N-5.2, s.25; 1987, c.41, s.6; 1988, c.67, s.8; 1991, c.26, s.6; 2000, c.26, s.241