Maximum Sentence
10 years
Classification: Hybrid
🍁 Immigration Impact
Hybrid offence with a 10-year maximum. Constitutes serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). Possession of a loaded or readily accessible prohibited/restricted firearm carries severe immigration consequences.
Legal Text — Criminal Code s. 95
Every person commits an offence who, in any place, possesses a loaded prohibited firearm or restricted firearm, or an unloaded prohibited firearm or restricted firearm together with readily accessible ammunition capable of being discharged in the firearm, without being the holder of an authorization or a licence under which the person may possess the firearm in that place, or the person is not the holder of a registration certificate for the firearm.
Amendment History (1)
1995, c. 39, s. 139
Related Sections
s. 91Unauthorized Possession of FirearmHybrids. 92Possession of Firearm Knowing UnauthorizedHybrids. 99Weapons TraffickingIndictable
Official Source: Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 95 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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