Criminal Code of Canada

The text of the Criminal Code of Canada is provided as a public service by Electronic Frontier Canada, and is meant to serve as convenient and informal reference material, but not as an officially sanctioned copy of the law. Electronic Frontier Canada assumes no responsibility for its accuracy or reliability.

• Criminal Code of Canada (English, 1.6 Mbytes)
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• Code Criminel du Canada (français, 1.7 Mbytes)
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For all purposes of interpreting and applying the law, please consult the following publications, which are available in most public libraries.

• the Acts as passed by Parliament, which are published in the "Assented to" Acts service, Part III of the Canada Gazette and the annual Statutes of Canada, and
• the regulations, as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council and published in Part II of the Canada Gazette.