(1) Every one who designs, engraves, prints or in any manner makes,
executes, issues, distributes, circulates or uses any business or
professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill or advertisement
in the likeness or appearance of
(a) a current bank-note or current paper money, or
(b) any obligation or security of a government or bank,
is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
(2) Every one who publishes or prints anything in the likeness or
appearance of
(a) all or part of a current bank-note or current paper money, or
(b) all or part of any obligation or security of a government or bank,
is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
(3) No person shall be convicted of an offence under subsection (2) where it is
established that, in publishing or printing anything to which that subsection
applies,
(a) no photography was used at any stage for the purpose of publishing or
printing it, except in connection with processes necessarily involved in
transferring a finished drawing or sketch to a printed surface;
(b) except for the word "Canada", nothing having the appearance of a word,
letter or numeral was a complete word, letter or numeral;
(c) no representation of a human face or figure was more than a general
indication of features, without detail;
(d) no more than one colour was used; and
(e) nothing in the likeness or appearance of the back of a current bank-note
or current paper money was published or printed in any form. R.S., c. C-34,
s. 415.
"current" means lawfully current in Canada or elsewhere by virtue of a law,
proclamation or regulation in force in Canada or elsewhere as the case may be