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The subpoena is a court order telling you to appear in court at a specific time and place. If you do not obey the order, you can be charged with a crime.

Only a superior court justice has the power to quash a subpoena. This is normally done by way of the prerogative writ of certiorari which is an extraordinary remedy available only to superior courts of inherent jurisdiction.

Usually the Crown prosecutor or the defence lawyer instructs a witness to come to court by issuing a subpoena.

Regardless, you can't just serve a subpoena. It doesn't work that way– if you want it to actually compel anything. You have to petition the forum court to issue a Letter Rogatory, and then send it through the appropriate channels to ask a Canadian court in the right province to compel production.

"court" means any court in a province of Canada; "subpoena" means a subpoena or other document requiring a person in a province, other than the province where the subpoena originates, to attend as a witness, to produce documents or other articles or to testify before that court.

To serve a document by means of personal service, you, or someone acting on your behalf, will hand the document to the party (for example, the defendant). The person serving the document must first be satisfied that the person being handed the document is in fact the party.

If you were a victim of a crime or witness to one, you may receive a subpoena telling you when you have to come to court, and who is calling you to court. The Crown prosecutor or defense lawyer will probably talk to you to find out what you know about the case before they decide to call you as a witness.

"court" means any court in a province of Canada; "subpoena" means a subpoena or other document requiring a person in a province, other than the province where the subpoena originates, to attend as a witness, to produce documents or other articles or to testify before that court.

Tariff A of the Federal Court Rules provides that a witness or expert is entitled to be paid, by the party who arranged for or subpoenaed his or her attendance, the prescribed per diem plus reasonable travel expenses.

Regardless, you can't just serve a subpoena. It doesn't work that way– if you want it to actually compel anything. You have to petition the forum court to issue a Letter Rogatory, and then send it through the appropriate channels to ask a Canadian court in the right province to compel production.

Usually the Crown prosecutor or the defence lawyer instructs a witness to come to court by issuing a subpoena.

Subpoenas must be personally served on the person or organization that you are requiring to come to court.

The subpoena is a court order telling you to appear in court at a specific time and place. If you do not obey the order, you can be charged with a crime.

Only a superior court justice has the power to quash a subpoena. This is normally done by way of the prerogative writ of certiorari which is an extraordinary remedy available only to superior courts of inherent jurisdiction.

Usually the Crown prosecutor or the defence lawyer instructs a witness to come to court by issuing a subpoena.

Regardless, you can't just serve a subpoena. It doesn't work that way– if you want it to actually compel anything. You have to petition the forum court to issue a Letter Rogatory, and then send it through the appropriate channels to ask a Canadian court in the right province to compel production.

"court" means any court in a province of Canada; "subpoena" means a subpoena or other document requiring a person in a province, other than the province where the subpoena originates, to attend as a witness, to produce documents or other articles or to testify before that court.

To serve a document by means of personal service, you, or someone acting on your behalf, will hand the document to the party (for example, the defendant). The person serving the document must first be satisfied that the person being handed the document is in fact the party.

If you were a victim of a crime or witness to one, you may receive a subpoena telling you when you have to come to court, and who is calling you to court. The Crown prosecutor or defense lawyer will probably talk to you to find out what you know about the case before they decide to call you as a witness.

"court" means any court in a province of Canada; "subpoena" means a subpoena or other document requiring a person in a province, other than the province where the subpoena originates, to attend as a witness, to produce documents or other articles or to testify before that court.

Tariff A of the Federal Court Rules provides that a witness or expert is entitled to be paid, by the party who arranged for or subpoenaed his or her attendance, the prescribed per diem plus reasonable travel expenses.

Regardless, you can't just serve a subpoena. It doesn't work that way– if you want it to actually compel anything. You have to petition the forum court to issue a Letter Rogatory, and then send it through the appropriate channels to ask a Canadian court in the right province to compel production.

Usually the Crown prosecutor or the defence lawyer instructs a witness to come to court by issuing a subpoena.

Subpoenas must be personally served on the person or organization that you are requiring to come to court.