Maximum Sentence
10 years
Classification: Hybrid
🍁 Immigration Impact
Hybrid offence. Driving while prohibited carries a 10-year maximum sentence, making it serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1).
Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 320.18
Everyone commits an offence who operates a conveyance while prohibited from doing so by an order made under this Act.
Amendment History (1)
2018, c. 21, s. 15
Related Sections
Official Source: Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 320.18 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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