Section 6 — Controlled Drugs and Substances Act: Importing and exporting

Except as authorized under the regulations, no person shall import into Canada or export from Canada a substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV, V or VI. Except as authorized under the regulations, no person shall possess a substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV, V or VI for the purpose of exporting it from Canada. 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is a substance included in Schedule I or II, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life; [Repealed, 2022, c. 15, s. 16] if the subject matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule III, V or VI, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to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 if 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.