Editing Treason (section)

===Canada===
Section 46 of the [[Criminal Code (Canada)|Criminal Code]] has two degrees of treason, called "high treason" and "treason". However, both of these belong to the historical category of [[high treason]], as opposed to [[petty treason]] which does not exist in Canadian law. Section 46 reads as follows:<ref>{{cite web|title=Treason and other Offences against the King's Authority and Person|url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-7.html#h-13|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref>

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High treason<br />
(1) Every one commits high treason who, in Canada,
:(a) kills or attempts to kill His Majesty, or does him any bodily harm tending to death or destruction, maims or wounds him, or imprisons or restrains him;
:(b) levies war against Canada or does any act preparatory thereto; or
:(c) assists an enemy at war with Canada, or any armed forces against whom Canadian Forces are engaged in hostilities, whether or not a state of war exists between Canada and the country whose forces they are.
Treason<br />
 (2) Every one commits treason who, in Canada,
:(a) uses force or violence for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Canada or a province;
:(b) without lawful authority, communicates or makes available to an agent of a state other than Canada, military or scientific information or any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document of a military or scientific character that he knows or ought to know may be used by that state for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or defence of Canada;
:(c) conspires with any person to commit high treason or to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a);
:(d) forms an intention to do anything that is high treason or that is mentioned in paragraph (a) and manifests that intention by an [[overt act]]; or
:(e) conspires with any person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) or forms an intention to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) and manifests that intention by an overt act.
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It is also illegal for a Canadian citizen or a person who owes allegiance to His Majesty in right of Canada to do any of the above outside Canada.

The penalty for high treason is life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forgetthebox.net/treason-a-crash-course-on-the-gravest-national-crime-201702281/|title=Treason: A Crash Course on the Gravest National Crime|last=Gold|first=Samantha|date=February 28, 2017|website=Forget the Box Media|access-date=January 28, 2019|quote=A conviction for high treason carries the penalty of life in prison.}}</ref> The penalty for treason is currently imprisonment up to a maximum of life, or up to 14 years for conduct under subsection (2)(b) or (e) in peacetime.  Historically however at least one Canadian, [[Louis Riel]], was executed after what was arguably [[North-West Rebellion|his second act of treason]] in 1885.