Some of our image-laden pages may load more slowly depending on your internet service. Patience if they don't display immediately. You'll be glad you waited.

South Okanagan Photos

A lesson on the law – Peace Bond

Peace Bond

A  peace bond is a court order used to keep you from committing (or recommitting) a crime.  It requires you to agree to specific conditions to keep the peace. A peace bond can also be brought against you while you are in a correctional centre for a previous offence. The formal legal name for a peace bond is “810 recognizance.”

The court can order a peace  bond even if you have not been charged or convicted.

Possible Conditions

A  peace bond imposes conditions you must follow. Conditions a judge can impose include:

  • staying away from particular people or places;
  • not  carrying  weapons;
  • not  using drugs or alcohol;
  • obeying  curfews (a specific time of the day after which certain rules apply); and
  • reporting regularly to police or a probation officer.

Criminal Code – Section 810

According to section 810 of the Criminal Code:

  • the court may order an 810 recognizance (peace bond) for a period not more than 24 months;
  • no convictions or charges are necessary for an 810 recognizance to be ordered; and
  • a section 810 recognizance is supervised like a probation order because of  the threat of harm to a community or person it is intended to address.