Criminal Code

Marginal note:Fraudulent receipts under Bank Act

390 Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years who

• (a) wilfully makes a false statement in any receipt, certificate or acknowledgment for anything that may be used for a purpose mentioned in the Bank Act; or

• (b) wilfully,

  • (i) after giving to another person,

  • (ii) after a person employed by him has, to his knowledge, given to another person, or

  • (iii) after obtaining and endorsing or assigning to another person,

  any receipt, certificate or acknowledgment for anything that may be used for a purpose mentioned in the Bank Act, without the consent in writing of the holder or endorsee or the production and delivery of the receipt, certificate or acknowledgment, alienates or parts with, or does not deliver to the holder or owner the property mentioned in the receipt, certificate or acknowledgment.