§ Offences relating to public or peace officer

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129. Offences relating to public or peace officer
129. Every one who
  1. resists or wilfully obstructs a public officer or peace officer in the execution of his duty or any person lawfully acting in aid of such an officer,
  2. omits, without reasonable excuse, to assist a public officer or peace officer in the execution of his duty in arresting a person or in preserving the peace, after having reasonable notice that he is required to do so, or
  3. resists or wilfully obstructs any person in the lawful execution of a process against lands or goods or in making a lawful distress or seizure,
is guilty of
  1. an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or
  2. an offence punishable on summary conviction.
R.S., c. C-34, s. 118; 1972, c. 13, s. 7.