Criminal Charges. 10.01 If the projectionist employee, while she or he is performing her or his normal duties as a projectionist and acting on the instructions of the Society, should by virtue of performing those duties be charged with an offense under Section 163 & Section 167 of the Criminal Code of Canada, 1985, the Society shall be required to provide the following assistance: a) All fines, legal fees, and expenses incurred as a result of the charges shall be paid by the Society and the employee shall have the right to retain a lawyer, from the Greater Victoria area, of his or her choice. b) If the employee is arrested on the aforementioned charges, bail shall be provided forthwith by the Society. c) The employee shall suffer no loss of wages. 10.02 It is expressly agreed that the provisions of this Article are in addition to and not in substitution of all such civil rights, remedies, and causes of action that may accrue to the employee arising out of any criminal charges referred to in this Article. 10.03 The Society shall pay a projectionist employee for time spent in court, at the prevailing rate, when such a court action arises from an on-the-job incident.
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