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

Marginal note:Possession, sale, etc., for use in production of or trafficking in substance

• 7.1 (1) No person shall possess, produce, sell, import or transport anything intending that it will be used

  • (a) to produce a controlled substance, unless the production of the controlled substance is lawfully authorized; or

  • (b) to traffic in a controlled substance.

• 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, II, III or V,

    • (i) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or

    • (ii) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 18 months; and

  • (b) if 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 of not more than three years, or

    • (ii) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year.