Personating a Peace Officer (Sentencing Cases)
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Offence Wording
- 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) [personating peace officer]
- (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., 1985, c. C-46, s. 130; 2009, c. 28, s. 2.
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