The law says
Criminal Code s. 403- (1)Everyone commits an offence who fraudulently personates another person, living or dead, (a) with intent to gain advantage for themselves or another person;
- (b)with intent to obtain any property or an interest in any property;
- (c)with intent to cause disadvantage to the person being personated or another person; or
- (d)with intent to avoid arrest or prosecution or to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice.
- (2)For the purposes of subsection (1), personating a person includes pretending to be the person or using the person’s identity information — whether by itself or in combination with identity information pertaining to any person — as if it pertains to the person using it.
- (3)Everyone who commits an offence under subsection (1) (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years; or
- (b)is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Amendment History (3)
- R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 403
- 1994, c. 44, s. 27
- 2009, c. 28, s. 10
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