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.
Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 234
Culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide is manslaughter.
Amendment History (1)
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 234
Related Sections
Official Source: Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 234 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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