Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Marginal note:Trafficking in substance
5 (1) No person shall traffic in a substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V or in any substance represented or held out by that person to be such a substance.
Marginal note:Possession for purpose of trafficking
(2) No person shall, for the purpose of trafficking, possess a substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V.
Marginal note:Punishment
(3) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2)
(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(a.1) [Repealed, 2018, c. 16, s. 196]
(b) 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
(c) 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.
(4) [Repealed, 2012, c. 1, s. 39]
Marginal note:Interpretation
(5) For the purposes of applying subsection (3) in respect of an offence under subsection (1), a reference to a substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V includes a reference to any substance represented or held out to be a substance included in that Schedule.
(6) [Repealed, 2018, c. 16, s. 196]
- 1996, c. 19, s. 5
- 2012, c. 1, s. 39
- 2017, c. 7, s. 3
- 2018, c. 16, s. 196
- 2022, c. 15, s. 15
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