Does an honest belief about property rights constitute a colour of right?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Pena, 1997 CanLII 3380 (BC SC):

An honest belief concerning property rights, whether based on a mistake in fact or in law, may constitute a colour of right: Lilly v. The Queen (1983), 1983 CanLII 153 (SCC), 5 C.C.C. (3d) 1 (S.C.C.).

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