View source for Personating a Peace Officer (Offence)

[[fr:Prétendre faussement être un agent de la paix (infraction)]]
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|Section=130 
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==Overview==
{{OverviewIV|personating a peace officer}}

; Pleadings
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{{PleadingsHybridList-N|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes-IfCrown}} | {{No-Under14}} }}
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{{PleadingsHybridElection-Under14|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}} }}

; Release
{{ReleaseOptions-Hybrid|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}} }}

:''<u>Reverse Onus Bail</u>''
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; Publication Bans
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; Offence Designations
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|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}} || {{XMark}} <!--wire--> || {{XMark}} <!--DO-->||{{XMark-Under10}} <!--SPIO--> || {{XMark}} <!--consent-->
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==Offence Wording==
{{quotation2|
; Personating peace officer
130 (1) Everyone commits an offence who
:(a) falsely represents himself to be a peace officer or a public officer; or
:(b) not being a peace officer or public officer, uses a badge or article of uniform or equipment in a manner that is likely to cause persons to believe that he is a peace officer or a public officer, as the case may be.

; Punishment
(2) Everyone who commits an offence under subsection (1) {{AnnSec1|130(1)}}
:(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or
:(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

R.S., {{LegHistory80s|1985, c. C-46}}, s. 130; 
{{LegHistory00s|2009, c. 28}}, s. 2.
{{Annotation}}
|{{CCCSec2|130}}
|{{NoteUp|130|1|2}}
}}

{{quotation2|
; Aggravating circumstance
130.1 If a person is convicted of an offence under section 130 {{AnnSec1|130}}, the court imposing the sentence on the person shall consider as an aggravating circumstance the fact that the accused personated a peace officer or a public officer, as the case may be, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of another offence.
<br>
{{LegHistory10s|2014, c. 10}}, s. 1.
{{Annotation}}
|{{CCCSec2|130.1}}
|{{NoteUp|130.1}}
}}

===Draft Form of Charges===
{{seealso|Draft Form of Charges}}
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|-
| 130(1)(a)
| 
|"{{ellipsis1}}, did falsely represent himself or herself to be a peace officer or public officer{{ToWit-Conduct}} {{contrary|130(1)(a)}}.
|-
| 130(1)(b)
| 
|"{{ellipsis1}}, not being a peace officer or public officer, did use a badge or article of uniform or equipment in a manner that is likely to cause [name1] to believe that he was a peace officer or a public officer, as the case may be by{{ToWit-Conduct}} {{contrary|130(1)(b)}}.
{{DraftEnd}}

==Proof of the Offence==
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{{Proving|personating a peace officer|130}}
{{InitialElements}}
# {{box}} the culprit was not a "peace officer" or "public officer";
# {{box}} the culprit knew or was willfully blind to not being a peace officer;
# the culprit either:
## {{box}} represented himself as a "peace officer" or "public officer" ''or'' 
## {{box}} "uses a badge or article of uniform or equipment in a manner that is likely to cause persons to believe that he is a peace officer or a public officer"; and
# {{box}} the prohibited conduct was for "the purpose of facilitating the commission of another offence" (aggravating factor, not essential).

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==Interpretation==

===Definitions===
* Section 2 defines [[Peace Officers|peace officers and public officers]].

==Participation of Third Parties==
{{seealso|Role of the Victim and Third Parties|Testimonial Aids for Young, Disabled or Vulnerable Witnesses}}

; Testimonial Aids
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; On Finding of Guilt 
{{VictimHeader}} <!-- Sections / Notice of Agree / Notice of Restitution / Notice of VIS --> 
|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}} || || || 
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{{RestitutionNotice}}

{{VISNotice}}

==Sentencing Principles and Ranges==
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; Maximum Penalties
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{{SProfileMax|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}} | {{Summary}} | {{summaryconviction}} }}
{{SProfileMax|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}} | {{Indictment}} | {{Max5Years}} }}
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{{MaxPenaltyHybrid|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}}|'''{{Max5Years}}'''|'''{{summaryconviction}}'''}}

; Minimum Penalties
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; Available Dispositions
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|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}}|| any || {{SProfileAll}}
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; Consecutive Sentences
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===Principles===

===Ranges===
{{seealsoRanges|Personating a Peace Officer}}

==Ancillary Sentencing Orders==
{{seealso|Ancillary Orders}}
	
; Offence-specific Orders
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| [[DNA Orders]] ||s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}}||
* {{SecondDNA(AorB)Hybrid|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}}}}
|-
| [[Weapons Prohibition Orders]] || s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}}||
* {{Section110|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}}}}
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; General Sentencing Orders
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; General Forfeiture Orders
{{GeneralForfeitureOrders}}
==Record Suspensions and Pardons== 
{{RecordSuspension|s. 130 {{DescrSec|130}} }}

==History==
{{quotation1|
; Personating peace officer
130. Every one who
:(a) falsely represents himself to be a peace officer or a public officer, or
:(b) not being a peace officer or public officer, uses a badge or article of uniform or equipment in a manner that is likely to cause persons to believe that he is a peace officer or a public officer, as the case may be,

is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
<br>
R.S., c. C-34, s. 119.
|[http://canlii.ca/t/hzbv#sec130 CCC]
|{{NoteUp|}}
}}
==See Also==
* [[Identity Fraud (Offence)]]