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Versions of s. 264(1)

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. 2026-07-18 to present available View Source
    NoEveryone commits an offence who, with intent to harass another person shall,or knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, they would be harassing another person, engages without lawful authority and knowing that another person is harassed or recklessly as to whether the other person is harassed, engage in conduct referred to in subsection (2) that causes that other person reasonably,if, in all the circumstances, the conduct could reasonably be expected to fearcause forthat theirother safetyperson to believe that the other person’s safety, or the safety of anyone known to them.the other person, is threatened.
    Full text

    Everyone commits an offence who, with intent to harass another person or knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, they would be harassing another person, engages without lawful authority in conduct referred to in subsection (2) if, in all the circumstances, the conduct could reasonably be expected to cause that other person to believe that the other person’s safety, or the safety of anyone known to the other person, is threatened.

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2026-07-18 View Source

    No person shall, without lawful authority and knowing that another person is harassed or recklessly as to whether the other person is harassed, engage in conduct referred to in subsection (2) that causes that other person reasonably, in all the circumstances, to fear for their safety or the safety of anyone known to them.