Section 207: Penalty applicable for revealing author of outrage against religion
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207. Penalty applicable for revealing author of outrage against religion
La peine d’emprisonnement et The punishment shall be that prol’amende prononcées par la sec- vided in section 382 in the case of—
tion 206 sont réduites à des peines
de simple police—
(a) à l’égard des crieurs, (a) any crier, bill sticker,
afficheurs, vendeurs ou vendor or distributor, who
distributeurs qui auront makes known the person
fait connaître la person- from whom he received
ne qui leur aura remis the article, by means of
l’object du délit; which the offence has
been committed;
(b) à l’égard de quicon- (b) any person who makes
que aura fait connaî- known the printer or
tre l’imprimeur ou le engraver;
graveur;
(c) à l’égard même de (c) the printer, or engraver,
l’imprimeur ou du gra- who makes known the
veur qui aura fait con- author or person who
naître l’auteur ou la per- entrusted him with the
sonne qui les aura char- printing or engraving.
gés de l’impression ou
de la gravure.
C57 – 53 [Issue 2]
Criminal Code
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Questions this section answers
- Do I get a lighter penalty for distributing a religiously offensive item if I name who gave it to me?