Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act

Marginal note:Threats or violence

• 20 (1) Every person commits an offence who, at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign entity or a terrorist group, induces or attempts to induce, by threat, accusation, menace or violence, any person to do anything or to cause anything to be done

  • (a) that is for the purpose of increasing the capacity of a foreign entity or a terrorist group to harm Canadian interests; or

  • (b) that is reasonably likely to harm Canadian interests.

• Marginal note:Application

  (2) A person commits an offence under subsection (1) whether or not the threat, accusation, menace or violence occurred in Canada.

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (3) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for life.