Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

Search

Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Full Document:  

Act current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2024-01-14. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Punishment for high treason

  •  (1) Every one who commits high treason is guilty of an indictable offence and shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

  • Marginal note:Punishment for treason

    (2) Every one who commits treason is guilty of an indictable offence and liable

    • (a) to be sentenced to imprisonment for life if he is guilty of an offence under paragraph 46(2)(a), (c) or (d);

    • (b) to be sentenced to imprisonment for life if he is guilty of an offence under paragraph 46(2)(b) or (e) committed while a state of war exists between Canada and another country; or

    • (c) to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years if he is guilty of an offence under paragraph 46(2)(b) or (e) committed while no state of war exists between Canada and another country.

  • Marginal note:Corroboration

    (3) No person shall be convicted of high treason or treason on the evidence of only one witness, unless the evidence of that witness is corroborated in a material particular by evidence that implicates the accused.

  • Marginal note:Minimum punishment

    (4) For the purposes of Part XXIII, the sentence of imprisonment for life prescribed by subsection (1) is a minimum punishment.

  • R.S., c. C-34, s. 47
  • 1974-75-76, c. 105, s. 2

Date modified: