Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Intimidation of a justice system participant or a journalist

• 423.1 (1) No person shall, without lawful authority, engage in any conduct with the intent to provoke a state of fear in

  • (a) a group of persons or the general public in order to impede the administration of criminal justice;

  • (b) a justice system participant or military justice system participant in order to impede him or her in the performance of his or her duties; or

  • (c) a journalist in order to impede him or her in the transmission to the public of information in relation to a criminal organization.

• (2) [Repealed, 2015, c. 13, s. 12]

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (3) Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than fourteen years.

• Marginal note:Definition of military justice system participant

  (4) In this section, military justice system participant has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act.