Maximum Sentence
Life imprisonment
Classification: Indictable
🍁 Immigration Impact
Indictable offence carrying life imprisonment. Serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). Also triggers IRPA s.37 organized criminality inadmissibility. Among the most severe offences for immigration purposes with no realistic pathway to admissibility.
Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 467.13
Every person who is one of the persons who constitute a criminal organization and who knowingly instructs, directly or indirectly, any person to commit an offence under this or any other Act of Parliament for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, the criminal organization is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life.
Amendment History (1)
2001, c. 32, s. 27
Related Sections
s. 467.11Participation in Criminal OrganizationIndictables. 467.12Commission of Offence for Criminal OrganizationIndictable
Official Source: Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 467.13 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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