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Criminal Code

Version of section 393 from 2019-09-19 to 2024-04-01:


Marginal note:Fraud in relation to fares, etc.

  •  (1) Every person whose duty it is to collect a fare, toll, ticket or admission and who intentionally does any of the following is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction:

    • (a) fails to collect it,

    • (b) collects less than the proper amount payable in respect thereof, or

    • (c) accepts any valuable consideration for failing to collect it or for collecting less than the proper amount payable in respect thereof.

  • Marginal note:Idem

    (2) Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who gives or offers to a person whose duty it is to collect a fare, toll, ticket or admission fee any valuable consideration

    • (a) for failing to collect it, or

    • (b) for collecting an amount less than the amount payable in respect thereof.

  • Marginal note:Fraudulently obtaining transportation

    (3) Every one who, by any false pretence or fraud, unlawfully obtains transportation by land, water or air is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 393
  • 2019, c. 25, s. 149

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