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==Offence Wording==
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; 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.
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