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Section 393 — Criminal Code: Fraud in relation to fares, etc.

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Every person whose duty it is to collect a fare, toll, ticket or admission and who intentionally does any of the following is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction: fails to collect it, collects less than the proper amount payable in respect thereof, or accepts any valuable consideration for failing to collect it or for collecting less than the proper amount payable in respect thereof. Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who gives or offers to a person whose duty it is to collect a fare, toll, ticket or admission fee any valuable consideration for failing to collect it, or for collecting an amount less than the amount payable in respect thereof. Every one who, by any false pretence or fraud, unlawfully obtains transportation by land, water or air is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Official source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

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