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Version of section 245 from 2003-01-01 to 2016-06-16:


Marginal note:Administering noxious thing

 Every one who administers or causes to be administered to any person or causes any person to take poison or any other destructive or noxious thing is guilty of an indictable offence and liable

  • (a) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years, if he intends thereby to endanger the life of or to cause bodily harm to that person; or

  • (b) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, if he intends thereby to aggrieve or annoy that person.

  • R.S., c. C-34, s. 229

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