Maximum Sentence
10 years
Classification: Hybrid
🍁 Immigration Impact
Hybrid offence with a 10-year maximum. This constitutes serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). A conviction for assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm creates significant immigration consequences.
Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 267
Every one who, in committing an assault, (a) carries, uses or threatens to use a weapon or an imitation thereof, or (b) causes bodily harm to the complainant, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Amendment History (2)
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 267
2019, c. 25, s. 93
Related Sections
Official Source: Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 267 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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