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Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

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Act current to 2024-02-20 and last amended on 2024-01-14. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Seditious words

  •  (1) Seditious words are words that express a seditious intention.

  • Marginal note:Seditious libel

    (2) A seditious libel is a libel that expresses a seditious intention.

  • Marginal note:Seditious conspiracy

    (3) A seditious conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to carry out a seditious intention.

  • Marginal note:Seditious intention

    (4) Without limiting the generality of the meaning of the expression seditious intention, every one shall be presumed to have a seditious intention who

    • (a) teaches or advocates, or

    • (b) publishes or circulates any writing that advocates,

    the use, without the authority of law, of force as a means of accomplishing a governmental change within Canada.

  • R.S., c. C-34, s. 60

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