False, Indecent, Harassing communications.

Message in false name

371 Everyone who, with intent to defraud, causes a message to be sent as if it were sent under the authority of another person, knowing that it is not sent under that authority and with intent that it should be acted on as if it were, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years.

• R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 371;
•  2014, c. 31, s. 18.

False information

• 372 (1) Everyone commits an offence who, with intent to injure or alarm a person, conveys information that they know is false, or causes such information to be conveyed by letter or any means of telecommunication.

• Indecent communications

  (2) Everyone commits an offence who, with intent to alarm or annoy a person, makes an indecent communication to that person or to any other person by a means of telecommunication.

• Harassing communications

  (3) Everyone commits an offence who, without lawful excuse and with intent to harass a person, repeatedly communicates, or causes repeated communications to be made, with them by a means of telecommunication.

• Punishment

  (4) Everyone who commits an offence under this section is
  • (a) guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years; or
  • (b) guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

• R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 372;
•  2014, c. 31, s. 18.

373 [Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 53]

Drawing document without authority, etc.

374 Every one who

• (a) with intent to defraud and without lawful authority makes, executes, draws, signs, accepts or endorses a document in the name or on the account of another person by procuration or otherwise, or
• (b) makes use of or utters a document knowing that it has been made, executed, signed, accepted or endorsed with intent to defraud and without lawful authority, in the name or on the account of another person, by procuration or otherwise,

is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

• R.S., c. C-34, s. 332.

Obtaining, etc., by instrument based on forged document

375 Every one who demands, receives or obtains anything, or causes or procures anything to be delivered or paid to any person under, on or by virtue of any instrument issued under the authority of law, knowing that it is based on a forged document, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

• R.S., c. C-34, s. 333.