Maximum Sentence
Life imprisonment
Classification: Indictable
🍁 Immigration Impact
Straight indictable offence carrying life imprisonment. Serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). Causing death by criminal negligence creates permanent and severe immigration consequences. Criminal rehabilitation is extremely difficult to obtain.
Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 220
Every person who by criminal negligence causes death to another person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable (a) where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years; and (b) in any other case, to imprisonment for life.
Amendment History (2)
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 220
1995, c. 39, s. 141
Related Sections
Official Source: Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 220 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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