Marginal note:Disclosure of information

• 193 (1) If a private communication has been intercepted by means of an electro-magnetic, acoustic, mechanical or other device without the consent, express or implied, of the originator of that communication or of the person intended by the originator to receive it, every person commits an offence who, without the express consent of the originator of that communication or of the person intended to receive it, knowingly

  • (a) uses or discloses the private communication or any part of it or the substance, meaning or purpose of it or of any part of it, or

  • (b) discloses the existence of the private communication.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (1.1) Every person 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 two years; or

  • (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.