403. Definitions and special provisions
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(1) For the purposes of sections 404 to 425—
“civil office” means any public office;
“judicial officer” means the person executing judicial functions as a public officer;
“public office” means the office of any public officer;
“public officer” means the person holding any of the following offices, or performing the duties thereof, whether as a deputy or otherwise, namely—
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(a) any civil office, in respect of which the power to appoint or remove the person vests in Her Majesty, or in the Governor General, or in any public commission or board;
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(b) any office to which a person is nominated or appointed under the Constitution or other enactment or by public election;
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(c) any civil office, in respect of which the power to appoint or remove the person vests in the person holding a public office;
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(d) any office of arbitrator or umpire in any proceeding or matter submitted to arbitration by order or with the sanction of any Court;
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(e) any justice of the peace;
“valuable consideration” includes any money, money's worth, or valuable thing, and any office or dignity, and any forbearance to demand money, or money's worth, or any valuable thing and the personal advantage of whatever kind.
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(2) A person acting as a minister of religion or ecclesiastical officer, of whatever denomination, is a public officer in so far as he or she performs functions with respect to the notification of intended marriage, or the solemnization of marriage, or the making or keeping of any register or certificate of marriage, birth, baptism, death, or burial, but not in any other respect.
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(3) It is immaterial, for the purposes of this section, whether a person is or is not entitled to any salary or other remuneration in respect of the duties of his or her office.
Breach of Trust and Other Frauds