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Enlèvement et traite des personnesActe criminel
§279

Enlèvement et séquestration

Enlèvement

Kidnapping & Trafficking
Peine maximale

Life imprisonment (kidnapping) / 10 years (forcible confinement)

Classification : Acte criminel
🍁 Impact sur l'immigration

Kidnapping is a straight indictable offence punishable by life imprisonment, clearly serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1)(a). Forcible confinement under s.279(2) is a hybrid offence with a 10-year maximum that also reaches serious criminality on indictment. Deemed rehabilitation does not apply to serious criminality.

Texte juridique, Code criminel, art. 279

(1) Every person commits an offence who kidnaps a person with intent (a) to cause the person to be confined or imprisoned against the person's will; (b) to cause the person to be unlawfully sent or transported out of Canada against the person's will; or (c) to hold the person for ransom or to service against the person's will. (1.1) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable (a) if a restricted firearm or prohibited firearm is used in the commission of the offence or if any firearm is used in the commission of the offence and the offence is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, a criminal organization, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of (i) in the case of a first offence, five years, and (ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, seven years; (a.1) in any other case where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years; (a.2) if the person referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) is under 16 years of age, to imprisonment for life and, unless the person who commits the offence is a parent, guardian or person having the lawful care or charge of the person referred to in that paragraph, to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of five years; and (b) in any other case, to imprisonment for life. (2) Forcible confinement: Every one who, without lawful authority, confines, imprisons or forcibly seizes another person is guilty of (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years; or (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Historique des modifications (9)
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 279
R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 39
1995, c. 39, s. 147
1997, c. 18, s. 14
2008, c. 6, s. 30
2009, c. 22, s. 12
2013, c. 32, s. 1
2018, c. 29, s. 26
2019, c. 25, s. 103
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