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Impaired Driving & TransportationHybrid
§320.22

Mandatory Alcohol Assessment

Assessment — alcohol

Impaired Driving
Maximum Sentence

N/A — procedural provision

Classification: Hybrid
🍁 Immigration Impact

Procedural provision relevant to sentencing. Completion of an alcohol assessment and treatment program may support a criminal rehabilitation application under IRPA.

Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 320.22

If an offender who is convicted of an offence under any of sections 320.14 to 320.17 has been previously convicted of such an offence, the court shall, before imposing a sentence, order an assessment of the offender by a substance abuse professional to determine whether the offender is dependent on alcohol or drugs.

Amendment History (1)
2018, c. 21, s. 15
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