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Criminal Code.

162. Defacing coin by stamping words thereon.

163. Uttering foreign coin, medals, etc., as current coin with intent to defraud.
164. Exporting counterfeit coin.

165. Having possession of more than five pieces of counterfeit foreign coin.
166. Tender of defaced coin not legal tender: Penalty for uttering.

CHAPTER XIX.-OFFENCES RELATING TO MAILS.

167. Stopping mails.

CHAPTER XX.-MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC AUTHORITY.

168. False declaration as to execution of sentence of death.

169. False statements in statements required to be under oath or solemn declaration. 170. False declarations and statements.

171.

Evidence.

172. Resisting public officers.

173. Refusal by public officer to perform duty.

174. Neglect of officers to suppress riot.

175. Neglect to aid in suppressing riot.

176. Neglect to aid in arresting offenders.

177. Disobedience to statute law.

178. Disobedience to lawful order issued by statutory authority.

PART IV-ACTS INJURIOUS TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL.

CHAPTER XXI.-OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

179. Offering violence to officiating ministers of religion.

180. Disturbing religious worship.

CHAPTER XXII.-OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY.

181. Unnatural offences

182. Attempt to commit unnatural offences.

183. Indecent treatment of boys under fourteen.

184. Indecent practices between males.

185. Defilement of girls under thirteen.

186. Householder permitting defilement of young girls on his premises.

187. Attempt to abuse girls under ten.

188. Defilement of girls under sixteen and of idiots.

189. Indecent treatment of girls under sixteen.

190. Defilement by guardian, etc.

191. Procuration.

192. Procuring defilement of woman by threats, or fraud, or administering drugs.

193. Abduction of girl under eighteen with intent to have carnal knowledge.

194. Unlawful detention with intent to defile or in a brothel.

195. Permitting boys to resort to brothels.

196. Conspiracy to defile.

197. Incest by man.

198. Incest by adult female.

199. Attempts to procure abortion.

200. The like by women with child.

201. Supplying drugs or instruments to procure abortion.

202. Consent is no defence.

203. Indecent acts.

204. Obscene publications and exhibitions.

205. Knowledge of age immaterial.

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211. Acting as keeper of bawdy houses, gaming houses, betting houses, and lotteries. 212. Misconduct with regard to corpses.

CHAPTER XXIV.-OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH.

213. False information as to health of foreign ships.

214. Exposing for sale things unfit for food.

215. Dealing in diseased meat.

216. Adulterating liquor.

217. Adulteration of beverages.

CHAPTER XXV.-MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES.

218. Frauds on land laws.

219. Dealing with land fraudulently acquired from the Crown.

PART V.-OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND PARENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES AND AGAINST THE REPUTATION OF INDIVIDUALS.

220.

CHAPTER XXVI.-ASSAULTS AND VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON GENERALLY : JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE.

Definition of assault.

221. Assaults unlawful.

222.

Execution of sentence.

223. Execution of process.

224. Execution of warrants.

225. Erroneous sentence or process or warrant.

226. Sentence or process or warrant without jurisdiction.

227. Arrest of wrong person.

228. Irregular process or warrant.

229. Force used in executing process or in arrest.

230. Duty of persons arresting.

231. Police officer preventing escape from arrest.

232. Other cases of preventing escape from arrest.

233. Preventing escape or rescue after arrest.

234. Examination of person of accused persons in custody. 235. Preventing a breach of the peace.

236. Suppression of riot.

237. Suppression of riot by magistrates and police officers.

238. Suppression of riot by person acting under lawful orders.

239. Suppression of riot by person acting without order in case of emergency.

240. Riot: Persons subject to military law.

241. Prevention of crimes and offences for which an offender may be arrested without warrant : Prevention of violence by persons of unsound mind.

242. Defence of dwelling house.

243.

Provocation.

244. Defence of provocation.

245. Prevention of repetition of insult.

246. Self-defence against unprovoked assault.

247. Self-defence against provoked assault.

248.

248. Aiding in self-defence.

Criminal Code.

249. Defence of movable property against trespassers.

250. Defence of movable property with claim of right.

251. Defence of movable property without claim of right.

252. Defence of premises against trespassers: Removal of disorderly persons. 253. Defence of possession of real property or vessel with claim of right.

254.

Exercise of right of way or easement.

255. Domestic discipline.

256. Discipline of ship.

257. Surgical operations.

258.

Excessive force.

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CHAPTER XXVII.-DUTIES RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE. 260. Duty to provide necessaries.

261. Duty of head of family.

262.

Duty of masters.

263. Duty of persons doing dangerous acts.

264. Duty of persons in charge of dangerous things.

265. Duty to do certain acts.

CHAPTER XXVIII.—HOMICIDE: SUICIDE: CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH.

266. Killing of a human being unlawful.

267. When a child becomes a human being.

268. Definition of killing.

269. Death by acts done at childbirth.

270. Causi

ng death by threats.

271. Acceleration of death.

272. When injury or death might be prevented by proper precaution. 273. Injuries causing death in consequence of subsequent treatment. 274. Limitation as to time of death.

275. Unlawful homicide.

276. Definition of wilful murder. 277. Definition of murder.

278. Definition of manslaughter.

279. Killing on provocation. 280. Punishment of murder.

281. Attempt to murder.

282. Accessory after the fact to murder.

283. Written threats to murder. 284. Conspiring to murder.

285. Punishment of manslaughter.

286. Aidi ing

suicide.

287. Attempting to commit suicide.

288. Killin

ng unborn child.

289. Concealing the birth of children.

CHAPTER XXIX.-OFFENCES ENDANGERING LIFE OR HEALTH.

290. Disabling in order to commit indictable offence.

291. Stupefying in order to commit indictable offence.

292. Acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm or prevent apprehension.

293. Preventing escape from wreck.

294. Intentionally endangering safety of persons travelling by railway.

295. Grievous bodily harm.

296. Causing explosion likely to endanger life.

297. Attempting to cause explosion likely to endanger life.

298.

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309. Evading laws as to equipment of ships, and shipping dangerous goods. 310. Landing explosives.

311. Common assault.

CHAPTER XXX.-ASSAULTS.

312. Assault with intent to commit unnatural offence.

313. Indecent assault on males.

314. Assaults on persons protecting wrecks.

315. Assaults occasioning bodily harm.

316. Serious assaults.

317.

318.

319.

CHAPTER XXXI.-ASSAULTS PUNISHABLE ON SUMMARY CONVICTION.
Jurisdiction of Justices.

Some assaults not to be so dealt with.

Common assaults.

320. Aggravated assaults.

321. Effect of summary conviction or dismissal.

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332. False certificates by officers charged with duties relating to liberty. 333. Concealment of matters affecting liberty.

334. Procuring confinement of sane person on false certificate.

335. Unlawful custody of insane person.

336. Threats.

CHAPTER XXXIV.-OFFENCES RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND PARENTAL

337. Bigamy.

RIGHTS AND DUTIES.

338. Unlawful celebration of marriage.

339. Celebration of marriage by minister unregistered by inadvertence.

340. Unqualified persons procuring registration as persons qualified to celebrate

marriages.

341.

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348.

349.

Publication.

Publication of defamatory matter prima facie unlawful.

Absolute protection: Privilege of Parliament.

350. Absolute protection: Privileges of Judges, witnesses, and others in Courts of

351.

352.

justice.

Absolute protection: Reports of official inquiries.

Protection Reports of matters of public interest.

353. Protection: Fair comment.

354. Protection: Truth.

355. Qualified protection: Excuse.

356. Good faith.

357. Relevancy and public benefit questions of fact.

358. Unlawful publication of defamatory matter.

359. Defamation of Members of Parliament by strangers.

360. Defence in case of defamation by words, sounds, signs, signals, or gestures.

361. Publishing or threatening to publish defamatory matter with intent to extort

money.

362 Liability of proprietor, publisher, and editor of periodicals.

363. Protection of innocent sellers of periodicals.

364. Protection of innocent sellers of books.

365. Protection of employers.

366. Prosecution of newspapers to be by sanction of a Judge after notice

367. Summary jurisdiction in trivial cases of defamation.

PART VI.-OFFENCES RELATING TO PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS.

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