Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, relating to criminal law, to procedure in criminal cases and to evidence compiled from the Revised Statutes of Canada, which were ... brought into force on 1st March, 1887, under proclamation dated 24th January, 1887 ; with marginal references to corresponding Imperial Acts ; also acts passed since the consolidation relating to above subjects
"In this volume are collected all the Acts of the Parliament of Canada having exclusive reference to criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence in criminal matters, as they appear in the Revised Statutes of Canada and in the subsequent Acts of the Parliament of Canada passed in the sessions of 1887, 1888, 1889 and 1890."--Cf. p. [iii]