Criminal Code

Marginal note:Injuring or endangering cattle

• 444 (1) Every one commits an offence who wilfully

  • (a) kills, maims, wounds, poisons or injures cattle; or

  • (b) places poison in such a position that it may easily be consumed by cattle.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (2) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of

  • (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or

  • (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of not more than eighteen months or to both.