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Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

s. 7 Production of Substance

Production of substance

  • Drug Offences (CDSA)
  • Drug Offences
Maximum sentence
Life (Schedule I or II) / 10 years (Schedule III or V) / 3 years (Schedule IV)
Classification
Hybrid

Last verified: June 2026 · Source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

The law says

CDSA s. 7
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  • (1)Except as authorized under the regulations, no person shall produce a substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V.
  • (2)Every person who contravenes subsection (1) (a) if the subject matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule I or II, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life; (a.1) [Repealed, 2022, c. 15, s. 17] (b) [Repealed, 2018, c. 16, s. 197]
  • (c)if the subject matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule III or V, (i) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or (ii) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months; and
  • (d)where the subject-matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule IV, (i) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or (ii) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. (3) [Repealed, 2022, c. 15, s. 17]
Amendment History (5)
  • 1996, c. 19, s. 7
  • 2012, c. 1, s. 41
  • 2017, c. 7, s. 5
  • 2018, c. 16, s. 197
  • 2022, c. 15, s. 17

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Immigration

Where this offence sits under IRPA

Producing drugs is serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). For Schedule I drugs, it can bring a life sentence. It may also bring in a second ground, organized criminality under IRPA s.37, where it was part of a criminal group's activity or of transnational crime.

This is how the law sorts the offence, not a reading of any one record. An officer decides each case.

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