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Versions of s. 254(2)

C-46 — Criminal Code · 3 versions

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2018-06-21 to 2018-12-18 View Source
    If a peace officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a person has alcohol or a drug in their body and that the person has, within the preceding three hours, operated a motor vehicle or vessel, operated or assisted in the operation of an aircraft or railway equipment or had the care or control of a motor vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft or railway equipment, whether it was in motion or not, the peace officer may, by demand, require the person to comply with paragraphthe (a),requirements of either or both of paragraphs (a) and (c), in the case of a drug, or with the requirements of either or both of paragraphs (a) and (b), in the case of alcohol:
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    If a peace officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a person has alcohol or a drug in their body and that the person has, within the preceding three hours, operated a motor vehicle or vessel, operated or assisted in the operation of an aircraft or railway equipment or had the care or control of a motor vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft or railway equipment, the peace officer may, by demand, require the person to comply with the requirements of either or both of paragraphs (a) and (c), in the case of a drug, or with the requirements of either or both of paragraphs (a) and (b), in the case of alcohol:

  2. 2008-07-02 to 2018-06-21 View Source
    WhereIf a peace officer reasonablyhas suspectsreasonable grounds to suspect that a person whohas isalcohol operatingor a drug in their body and that the person has, within the preceding three hours, operated a motor vehicle or vesselvessel, operated or operating or assistingassisted in the operation of an aircraft or of railway equipment or who hashad the care or control of a motor vehicle, vessela orvessel, an aircraft or of railway equipment, whether it iswas in motion or not, has alcohol in the person’s body, the peace officer may, by demand made to that person,demand, require the person to providecomply forthwithwith suchparagraph a sample of breath as(a), in the opinioncase of the peace officer is necessary to enable a properdrug, analysisor with either or both of paragraphs (a) and (b), in the breath to be made by meanscase of an approved screening device and, where necessary, to accompany the peace officer for the purpose of enabling such a sample of breath to be taken.alcohol:
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    If a peace officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a person has alcohol or a drug in their body and that the person has, within the preceding three hours, operated a motor vehicle or vessel, operated or assisted in the operation of an aircraft or railway equipment or had the care or control of a motor vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft or railway equipment, whether it was in motion or not, the peace officer may, by demand, require the person to comply with paragraph (a), in the case of a drug, or with either or both of paragraphs (a) and (b), in the case of alcohol:

  3. 2003-01-01 to 2008-07-02 View Source

    Where a peace officer reasonably suspects that a person who is operating a motor vehicle or vessel or operating or assisting in the operation of an aircraft or of railway equipment or who has the care or control of a motor vehicle, vessel or aircraft or of railway equipment, whether it is in motion or not, has alcohol in the person’s body, the peace officer may, by demand made to that person, require the person to provide forthwith such a sample of breath as in the opinion of the peace officer is necessary to enable a proper analysis of the breath to be made by means of an approved screening device and, where necessary, to accompany the peace officer for the purpose of enabling such a sample of breath to be taken.