Criminal Code

Marginal note:Traps likely to cause bodily harm

• 247 (1) Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, who with intent to cause death or bodily harm to a person, whether ascertained or not,

  • (a) sets or places a trap, device or other thing that is likely to cause death or bodily harm to a person; or

  • (b) being in occupation or possession of a place, knowingly permits such a trap, device or other thing to remain in that place.

• Marginal note:Bodily harm

  (2) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1) and thereby causes bodily harm to any other person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.

• Marginal note:Offence-related place

  (3) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1), in a place kept or used for the purpose of committing another indictable offence, is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years.

• Marginal note:Offence-related place — bodily harm

  (4) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1), in a place kept or used for the purpose of committing another indictable offence, and thereby causes bodily harm to a person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding fourteen years.

• Marginal note:Death

  (5) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1) and thereby causes the death of any other person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life.