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Versions of s. 181

C-46 — Criminal Code · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2019-06-21 to present available View Source
    Every[Repealed, one2019, whoc. wilfully25, publishess. a statement, tale or news that he knows is false and that causes or is likely to cause injury or mischief to a public interest is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.62]
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    [Repealed, 2019, c. 25, s. 62]

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2019-06-21 View Source

    Every one who wilfully publishes a statement, tale or news that he knows is false and that causes or is likely to cause injury or mischief to a public interest is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.