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Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

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Act current to 2024-11-26 and last amended on 2024-09-18. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Entrance

 For the purposes of sections 348 and 349,

  • (a) a person enters as soon as any part of his body or any part of an instrument that he uses is within any thing that is being entered; and

  • (b) a person shall be deemed to have broken and entered if

    • (i) he obtained entrance by a threat or an artifice or by collusion with a person within, or

    • (ii) he entered without lawful justification or excuse by a permanent or temporary opening.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 350
  • 2018, c. 29, s. 36

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