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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