Shoplifting

Shoplifting is usually prosecuted under the infraction known as theft having a value of less than 5000$. Women are mostly charged with this offense.

If you are convicted of shoplifting, it can result in having a criminal record, which has serious consequences. It is very important to have your file evaluated by a criminal lawyer in order to limit the negative effects of such a gesture.

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Section 322 of the Criminal Code: Theft

322 (1) Every one commits theft who fraudulently and without colour of right takes, or fraudulently and without colour of right converts to his use or to the use of another person, anything, whether animate or inanimate, with intent

a) to deprive, temporarily or absolutely, the owner of it, or a person who has a special property or interest in it, of the thing or of his property or interest in it;

b) to pledge it or deposit it as security;

c) to part with it under a condition with respect to its return that the person who parts with it may be unable to perform; or

d) to deal with it in such a manner that it cannot be restored in the condition in which it was at the time it was taken or converted.

Section 334 of the Criminal Code: Punishment for theft

334 Except where otherwise provided by law, every one who commits theft

a) if the property stolen is a testamentary instrument or the value of what is stolen is more than $5,000, is guilty of

     (i) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or

     (ii) an offence punishable on summary conviction; or

b) if the value of what is stolen is not more than $5,000, is guilty

     (i) of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or

     (ii) of an offence punishable on summary conviction.