Cr-joy

• My friend says her child has been charged with "joyriding". What is joyriding?
• Is joyriding an offence usually committed by kids?
• Are only kids charged with joyriding?
• Is the offence called "joyriding" in the Criminal Code?
• What is summary conviction?
• Will kids and adults be treated the same if they are convicted?
• Isn't joyriding really the same thing as stealing a car?
• So the difference is your intent when you take the vehicle?
• Does this section apply to boats too?
• What if one kid takes a car and another kid in the car doesn't know that the driver doesn't have the owner's permission? What will happen to the passenger?

More Criminal Code FAQs:

• General
• Joyriding
• Shoplifting

see also:

• Youth & the Law

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