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What is public incitement of hatred in Canada?   Public incitement of hatred is covered under s.319 of the Criminal Code. Public incitement of hatred is often referred to as a hate-motivated crime. Before the police can charge you with an offence under s.319 of the Criminal Code they need to conduct an investigation and get consent from the attorney general to prosecute ...

What is Carrying a Concealed Weapon? Part III of the Criminal Code of Canada (Code) covers offences relating to "Firearms and Other Weapons". The offence of Carrying a Concealed Weapon is covered under S.90 of the Code. Carrying a Concealed Weapon is generally prohibited in Canada. Section 90 of the Criminal Code prohibits carrying a concealed weapon unless authorized for a lawful occupational ...

What is “Disobeying a Court Order” in Canada? Disobeying a court order is criminalized under section 127 of the Criminal Code. Disobeying a court order is any defiance of an order made by a court or disobeying any type of order made by a person or body who is authorized to make such an order via a provincial or federal law or statute. ...

What is Failing to Provide the Necessaries of Life? Failing to provide the necessaries of life is covered under s.215 of the Criminal Code. This section of the Criminal Code defines circumstances in which a legal duty to provide necessaries of life will arise and creates dual offences for failure or neglect to perform the duty. Criminalization of failing to provide the necessaries ...

What is Identity Theft? Identity theft and identity fraud are both offences covered under s. 402.2 and s. 403 of the Criminal Code. Identity theft, under s. 402.2, is when a person possesses another person’s identity information, with the intent of using that identity information in order to commit an indictable offence. These offences are listed below in full but include things like ...

What is Trespassing at Night? Trespassing at night is a criminal offence in Canada, covered under s. 177 of the Criminal Code. As the name suggests, trespassing at night involves standing around, walking through, or otherwise loitering on another person’s property at night. However, the offence is not necessarily as simple as that. The Criminal Code provision states that the offence is for ...

What is Homicide? Sections 222(1)-(6)of the Canadian Criminal Code sets out two distinct types of homicide: culpable homicide (murder) and non-culpable homicide (this is not an offence within the Criminal Code). The plain meaning of the term ‘culpable’ means “deserving blame”. Culpable homicide within the Canadian Criminal Code includes murder, manslaughter and infanticide. This article outlines the offences, defences and punishments for murder ...

What is “hostage taking” in Canada? Hostage taking is criminalized under s. 279.1(1) of the Canadian Criminal Code. It involves three main acts: Inducing a person, group, state, international organization or intergovernmental organization other than a hostage to commit or cause to be committed any act or omission as a condition, whether express or implied, as a contingency for the release of the ...