Maximum Sentence
14 years (life if firearm involved)
Classification: Indictable
🍁 Immigration Impact
Straight indictable offence. Serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). Sexual assault with a weapon carries extremely severe immigration consequences.
Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 272
Every person commits an offence who, in committing a sexual assault, (a) carries, uses or threatens to use a weapon or an imitation of a weapon; (b) threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant; (c) causes bodily harm to the complainant; or (d) is a party to the offence with any other person.
Amendment History (2)
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 272
2008, c. 6, s. 28
Related Sections
Official Source: Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 272 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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