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Canada Post Corporation Act provides:
Offences and Punishment
Opening mail
48. Every person commits an offence who, except where expressly authorized by or under this Act, the Customs Act or the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, knowingly opens, keeps, secretes, delays or detains, or permits to be opened, kept, secreted, delayed or detained, any mail bag or mail or any receptacle or device authorized by the Corporation for the posting of mail.
R.S., 1985, c. C-10, s. 48; R.S., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.), s. 172; 2000, c. 17, s. 88; 2001, c. 41, s. 79.
Punishment
60. Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations or who commits an offence under any of sections 48 to 59
(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or
(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
1980-81-82-83, c. 54, s. 54.
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Yes tampering with someone elses mail or mailbox is a federal offense.
Is stealing a phone a crime?
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I want to report immigrants using someone elses documents.
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Who had someone elses porridge for bractfast?
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