Marginal note:Acknowledging instrument in false name
405 Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse, acknowledges, in the name of another person before a court or a judge or other person authorized to receive the acknowledgment, a recognizance, undertaking, release order, confession of judgment, consent to judgment or judgment, deed or other instrument or act is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.
- R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 405
- 2018, c. 29, s. 46
- 2019, c. 25, s. 157
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