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Version of section 435 from 2003-01-01 to 2019-09-18:


Marginal note:Arson for fraudulent purpose

  •  (1) Every person who, with intent to defraud any other person, causes damage by fire or explosion to property, whether or not that person owns, in whole or in part, the property, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.

  • Marginal note:Holder or beneficiary of fire insurance policy

    (2) Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (1), the fact that the person was the holder of or was named as a beneficiary under a policy of fire insurance relating to the property in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed is a fact from which intent to defraud may be inferred by the court.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 435
  • 1990, c. 15, s. 1

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