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Miscellaneous Immigration-RelevantIndictable
§467.12

Commission of Offence for Criminal Organization

Commission of offence for criminal organization

Organized Crime
Maximum Sentence

14 years

Classification: Indictable
🍁 Immigration Impact

Indictable offence with a 14-year maximum. Serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). Also triggers IRPA s.37 organized criminality inadmissibility. Committing any offence for a criminal organization carries extremely severe immigration consequences on multiple grounds.

🍁 In Simple Terms

Committing any crime on behalf of, or for the benefit of, a criminal group. The ceiling is 14 years, so the conviction is serious criminality by itself. The organized crime ground applies on top, which means two separate reasons to be refused entry from one set of facts.

Legal Text, Criminal Code s. 467.12

(1) Every person who commits an indictable offence under this or any other Act of Parliament for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, a criminal organization is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years. (2) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1), it is not necessary for the prosecutor to prove that the accused knew the identity of any of the persons who constitute the criminal organization.

Amendment History (1)
2001, c. 32, s. 27
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