🍁 In Simple Terms
Helping someone commit the smuggling, trafficking, document, catch-all or officer-related offences carries the same penalty as committing it yourself. Counselling it, or attempting to help, is treated the same way.
Affects: Persons subject to removal or detention
Legal Text: IRPA Section 131
131 Every person who knowingly induces, aids or abets or attempts to induce, aid or abet any person to contravene section 117, 118, 119, 122, 124 or 129, or who counsels a person to do so, commits an offence and is liable to the same penalty as that person.
Cross-References
Amendment History (2)
2001, c. 27, s. 131, c. 32, s. 81
2012, c. 17, s. 45(F)
In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPA s. 131 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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