{"id":845,"date":"2019-08-05T15:46:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T19:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mc2avocats.com\/?p=845"},"modified":"2024-01-28T17:42:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T21:42:42","slug":"criminal-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/criminal-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Harassment\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Criminal Harassment\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 264 of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criminal Code\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Criminal Harassment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criminal Code<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, criminal harassment is acting towards someone or saying something to someone in such a way that they feel harassed or frightened for their safety or that of their acquaintances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following or attempting to contact a person repeatedly, even through another person, may constitute criminal harassment. However, depending on the gravity of the act, it may be sufficient for just one such gesture to bring an accusation against you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Penalties Related to Criminal Harassment\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are found guilty of such an offense you could face up to a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Defend Yourself Against a Charge of Criminal Harassment?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different defenses may apply depending on your case in order to obtain an acquittal. Our clients <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0have the advantage of being able to obtain the desired results during negotiations, such as an absolute discharge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call us at 514-990-3430 to receive relevant advice on your situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Votre D\u00e9fense \/ Your Defence<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>229-3221, autoroute Laval O.<br \/>\nLaval (QC) H7P 5P2<br \/>\n514-990-3430<br \/>\n450-934-3414<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"https:\/\/www.votredefense.com\">www.VotreDefense.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"mailto:info@votredefense.com\">info@votredefense.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criminal Harassment\u00a0 Section 264 of the Criminal Code\u00a0 What is Criminal Harassment? According to the Criminal Code, criminal harassment is acting towards someone or saying something to someone in such a way that they feel harassed or frightened for their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-law","category-services-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1300,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions\/1300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}