10 years (base) / 14 years (bodily harm) / life (death)
Hybrid offence. Refusal to provide a breath sample carries the same maximum sentences as impaired driving itself. Treated as serious criminality under IRPA s.36(1) due to the 10-year maximum.
Everyone commits an offence who, knowing that a demand has been made under section 320.27 or 320.28, fails or refuses to comply, without reasonable excuse, with a demand made under that section. Everyone commits an offence who, knowing that a demand has been made under section 320.27 or 320.28, fails or refuses to comply with a demand made under that section and, as a result, causes bodily harm. Everyone commits an offence who, knowing that a demand has been made under section 320.27 or 320.28, fails or refuses to comply with a demand made under that section and, as a result, causes the death of another person.