Editorial Annotation

Intimidation of a justice system participant or a journalist

Statutory Text

423.1(1) No person shall, without lawful authority, engage in conduct referred to in subsection (2) with the intent to provoke a state of fear in (a) a group of persons or the general public in order to impede the administration of criminal justice; (b) a justice system participant in order to impede him or her in the performance of his or her duties; or (c) a journalist in order to impede him or her in the transmission to the public of information in relation to a criminal organization.