Editing Summary offence (section)

===Summary conviction offences===
* Accused must be charged with a summary conviction within one year after the act happened. <ref> Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C - 46, s 786(2)</ref> Limitation periods are set out in the Criminal Code.
* The police can arrest under summary conviction without an arrest warrant if found committing a summary offence notwithstanding s. 495(2)(c) of the Criminal Code.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-c-46/latest/rsc-1985-c-c-46.html#Arrest_without_Warrant_and_Release_from_Custody__1756491|title=Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46|website=canlii.org|access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
* If the police do not find committing a summary offence, an arrest warrant is required.
* Accused does not have to submit fingerprints when charged under Summary Conviction.<ref name="canlii.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-i-1/latest/rsc-1985-c-i-1.html|title=Identification of Criminals Act, RSC 1985, c I-1|website=canlii.org|access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
* Appeals of summary conviction offences go first to the highest trial court within the jurisdiction (e.g., provincial superior court in Alberta is the [[Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta|Court of King's Bench]]).
* After Provincial Superior Court a further appeal would go to the Provincial Court of Appeal (e.g., the [[Court of Appeal of Alberta]]), and then finally to the [[Supreme Court of Canada]], but as a practical matter very few summary convictions are ever heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.
* Accused convicted under summary conviction are eligible for a pardon after five years provided the accused is not convicted of any further offences during that period.
* Always tried in a provincial court (cannot be joined with an indictable offence in a superior court).<ref>R v Clunas, [1992] 1 SCR 595</ref>