Peine maximale
10 years (14 years if victim under 16)
Classification : Hybride
🍁 Impact sur l'immigration
Hybrid offence. With a 10-year maximum, this is serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1). Sexual assault convictions carry severe immigration consequences and are carefully scrutinized by CBSA.
Texte juridique — Code criminel, art. 271
Everyone who commits a sexual assault is guilty of (a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years or, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of one year; or (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Historique des modifications (3)
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 271
2012, c. 1, s. 25
2019, c. 25, s. 94
Articles connexes
Source officielle : Justice Canada — Criminal Code s. 271 (fait autorité, peut différer de cet affichage)
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