Knowingly uttering, conveying, or causing any person to receive a threat to cause death or bodily harm, to damage property, or to injure an animal. Hybrid offence; only the property and animal branch, punishable under s.264.1(3), is within paralegal scope.
Section 264.1 of the Criminal Code prohibits knowingly uttering or conveying a threat to cause death or bodily harm, to burn, destroy or damage property, or to kill, poison or injure an animal. The threat must be communicated but does not require an intent to actually carry it out.
Hybrid, and the maximum depends on the branch. Threats to property or an animal, punishable under s.264.1(3): up to 2 years on indictment, up to 2 years less a day on summary conviction. Threats of death or bodily harm, punishable under s.264.1(2): up to 5 years on indictment. Criminal record on conviction. Common conditions include no-contact orders and weapons prohibitions.
Disclosure review of the alleged words and the context in which they were spoken. Many files resolve through peace bond, diversion, or withdrawal where the evidence is contested.
Cambridge has no courthouse. Waterloo Region criminal matters are heard at the Kitchener courthouse on Frederick Street, and provincial offences at the Waterloo Region POA court on Queen Street North in Kitchener.
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All Waterloo Region criminal matters — Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and the townships. There is no criminal court in Cambridge.
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