Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 18

18. Where the several acts commi tted by the offender, even if at different times, constitute vi olations of the same provision of the law, and are committed in pursuance of the same design, such ac ts shall be deemed to be a single of fence, called a continuous off ence, but the punishment may be incr eased by one or two degrees. Rules respecting the award of punishments.