Maximum Sentence
Life imprisonment
Classification: Indictable
🍁 Immigration Impact
Manslaughter carries life imprisonment. Serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). Creates severe and lasting immigration consequences. While less culpable than murder, manslaughter still renders a person permanently inadmissible absent rehabilitation.
🍁 In Simple Terms
A killing without the intent that would make it murder, often a fight or a reckless act that went further than anyone planned. It still carries life imprisonment, which is serious criminality at its heaviest. The lower level of blame does not change the border result.
Legal Text, Criminal Code s. 234
Culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide is manslaughter.
Amendment History (1)
R.S., c. C-34, s. 217
Related Sections
Official Source: Justice Canada: Criminal Code s. 234 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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