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  1. Criminal Code - R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46 (Section 269.1)
    Marginal note:Torture
    •  (1) Every official, or every person acting at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of an official, who inflicts torture on any other person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

    • (2) For the purposes of this section,

      torture

      torture means any act or omission by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person

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      but does not include any act or omission arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. (torture)

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  2. Criminal Code - R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46 (Section 752)

     In this Part,

    designated offence

    designated offence  means

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    • (b) an offence under any of the following provisions:

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      • (xvi) section 269.1 (torture),

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  3. Criminal Code - R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46 (Section 742.1)

     If a person is convicted of an offence and the court imposes a sentence of imprisonment of less than two years, the court may, for the purpose of supervising the offender’s behaviour in the community, order that the offender serve the sentence in the community, subject to the conditions imposed under section 742.3, if

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    • (c) the offence is not an offence under any of the following provisions:

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      • (ii) section 269.1 (torture), or

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