7. What is criminality?

Author: Johnson Varughese |

Criminality is:
Within Canada:

  • A conviction of an indictable offence punishable by a sentence of less than ten years; or
  • A conviction of two or more summary offences

Outside Canada:

  • A conviction of an act that, if committed in Canada, would be equivalent to an indictable offence punishable by a sentence of less than ten years; or
  • A conviction of two or more acts that, if committed in Canada, would be equivalent to summary offences;
  • A conviction of an act that, if committed in Canada, would be equivalent to a hybrid offence punishable by a sentence of less than ten years; or
  • The commission of an act that, if committed in Canada, would be equivalent to an indictable offence punishable by a sentence of less than ten years.


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