Section 5 — Controlled Drugs and Substances Act: Trafficking in substance

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. No person shall, for the purpose of trafficking, possess a substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV or V. Every person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) 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is a substance included in Schedule I or II, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life; [Repealed, 2018, c. 16, s. 196] if the subject matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule III or V, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months; and where the subject-matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule IV, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. [Repealed, 2012, c. 1, s. 39] For the purposes of applying subsection (3) in respect of an offence under subsection (1), a reference to a substance included in Schedule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. [Repealed, 2018, c. 16, s. 196]