Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Uttering threats

• 264.1 (1) Every one commits an offence who, in any manner, knowingly utters, conveys or causes any person to receive a threat

  • (a) to cause death or bodily harm to any person;

  • (b) to burn, destroy or damage real or personal property; or

  • (c) to kill, poison or injure an animal or bird that is the property of any person.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (2) Every one who commits an offence under paragraph (1)(a) is guilty of

  • (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or

  • (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (3) Every one who commits an offence under paragraph (1)(b) or (c)

  • (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or

  • (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.