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Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (S.C. 1996, c. 19)

Act current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2023-11-24. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Production of substance

  •  (1) Except as authorized under the regulations, no person shall produce a substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V.

  • Marginal note:Punishment

    (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    • (a.1) [Repealed, 2022, c. 15, s. 17]

    • (b) [Repealed, 2018, c. 16, s. 197]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  • (3) [Repealed, 2022, c. 15, s. 17]

  • 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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