Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Marginal note:Production of substance

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

• Marginal note:Punishment

  (2) Every person who contravenes subsection (1)

  • (a) where the subject-matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule I or II, other than cannabis (marihuana), is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life;

  • (b) where the subject-matter of the offence is cannabis (marihuana), is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years;

  • (c) where the subject-matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule III,

    • (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.