Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm

267 Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who, in committing an assault,

• (a) carries, uses or threatens to use a weapon or an imitation thereof,

• (b) causes bodily harm to the complainant, or

• (c) chokes, suffocates or strangles the complainant.