Maximum Sentence
14 years
Classification: Indictable
🍁 Immigration Impact
Straight indictable offence. Serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). Also triggers inadmissibility under IRPA s.35 (human rights violations). Individuals convicted of torture face severe immigration consequences including potential inadmissibility on multiple grounds.
Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 269.1
Every official, or every person acting at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of an official, who inflicts torture on any other person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
Amendment History (1)
R.S., 1985, c. 10 (3rd Supp.), s. 2
Related Sections
Official Source: Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 269.1 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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