Maximum Sentence
10 years (base) / 14 years (bodily harm) / life (death)
Classification: Hybrid
🍁 Immigration Impact
Hybrid offence. Flight from police carries a 10-year maximum, constituting serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1).
Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 320.17
Everyone commits an offence who operates a conveyance while being pursued by a peace officer and who fails, without reasonable excuse and in order to evade the peace officer, to stop the conveyance as soon as is reasonable in the circumstances.
Amendment History (1)
2018, c. 21, s. 15
Related Sections
Official Source: Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 320.17 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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