Criminal Code
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 83.24 — Attorney General’s consent
Proceedings in respect of a terrorism offence or an offence under section 83.12 shall not be commenced without the consent of the Attorney General.
Section 83.25 — Jurisdiction
Where a person is alleged to have committed a terrorism offence or an offence under section 83.12, proceedings in respect of that offence may, whether or not that person is in Canada, be commenced at…
Section 83.26 — Sentences to be served consecutively
A sentence, other than one of life imprisonment, imposed on a person for an offence under any of sections 83.02 to 83.04 and 83.18 to 83.23 shall be served consecutively to any other punishment…
Section 83.27 — Punishment for terrorist activity
Notwithstanding anything in this Act, a person convicted of an indictable offence, other than an offence for which a sentence of imprisonment for life is imposed as a minimum punishment, where the…
Section 83.28
[Repealed, 2019, c. 13, s. 145]
Section 83.29
[Repealed, 2019, c. 13, s. 145]
Section 83.3 — Attorney General’s consent
The Attorney General’s consent is required before a peace officer may lay an information under subsection (2). Subject to subsection (1), a peace officer may lay an information before a provincial…
Section 83.31
[Repealed, 2019, c. 13, s. 147] [Repealed, 2019, c. 13, s. 147] The Attorney General of Canada shall prepare and cause to be laid before Parliament and the Attorney General of every province shall…
Section 83.32 — Sunset provision
Section 83.3 ceases to have effect at the end of the fifth anniversary of the day on which the National Security Act, 2017 receives royal assent unless, before the end of that fifth anniversary, the…
Section 83.33
[Repealed, 2019, c. 13, s. 149] In the event that section 83.3 ceases to have effect in accordance with section 83.32, a person detained in custody under section 83.3 shall be released when that…
Section 84 — Definitions
In this Part, ammunition means a cartridge containing a projectile designed to be discharged from a firearm and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes a caseless cartridge and…
Section 85 — Using firearm in commission of offence
Every person commits an offence who uses a firearm, whether or not the person causes or means to cause bodily harm to any person as a result of using the firearm, while committing an indictable…
Section 86 — Careless use of firearm, etc.
Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, uses, carries, handles, ships, transports or stores a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device or any…
Section 87 — Pointing a firearm
Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, points a firearm at another person, whether the firearm is loaded or unloaded. Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is…
Section 88 — Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose
Every person commits an offence who carries or possesses a weapon, an imitation of a weapon, a prohibited device or any ammunition or prohibited ammunition for a purpose dangerous to the public peace…
Section 89 — Carrying weapon while attending public meeting
Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, carries a weapon, a prohibited device or any ammunition or prohibited ammunition while the person is attending or is on the way to attend a…
Section 90 — Carrying concealed weapon
Every person commits an offence who carries a weapon, a prohibited device or any prohibited ammunition concealed, unless the person is authorized under the Firearms Act to carry it concealed. Every…
Section 91 — Unauthorized possession of firearm
Subject to subsection (4), every person commits an offence who possesses a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm or a non-restricted firearm without being the holder of a licence under which the…
Section 92 — Possession of firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
Subject to subsection (4), every person commits an offence who possesses a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm or a non-restricted firearm knowing that the person is not the holder of a licence…
Section 93 — Possession at unauthorized place
Subject to subsection (3), every person commits an offence who, being the holder of an authorization or a licence under which the person may possess a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a…
Section 94 — Unauthorized possession in motor vehicle
Subject to subsections (3) and (4), every person commits an offence who is an occupant of a motor vehicle in which the person knows there is a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a…
Section 95 — Possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
Subject to subsection (3), every person commits an offence who, in any place, possesses a loaded prohibited firearm or restricted firearm, or an unloaded prohibited firearm or restricted firearm…
Section 96 — Possession of weapon obtained by commission of offence
Subject to subsection (3), every person commits an offence who possesses a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device or any prohibited ammunition that the person knows…
Section 97
[Repealed before coming into force, 2008, c. 20, s. 3]
Section 98 — Breaking and entering to steal firearm
Every person commits an offence who breaks and enters a place with intent to steal a firearm located in it; breaks and enters a place and steals a firearm located in it; or breaks out of a place…
Section 98.1 — Robbery to steal firearm
Every person who commits a robbery within the meaning of section 343 with intent to steal a firearm or in the course of which he or she steals a firearm commits an indictable offence and is liable to…
Section 99 — Weapons trafficking
Every person commits an offence who manufactures or transfers, whether or not for consideration, or offers to do anything referred to in paragraph (a) in respect of a prohibited firearm, a restricted…
Section 100 — Possession for purpose of weapons trafficking
Every person commits an offence who possesses a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restricted firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm part, any…
Section 101 — Transfer without authority
Every person commits an offence who transfers a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restricted firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm part, any…
Section 102 — Making automatic firearm
Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, alters a firearm so that it is capable of, or manufactures or assembles any firearm that is capable of, discharging projectiles in rapid…
Section 102.1 — Possession of computer data
Every person commits an offence who possesses or accesses computer data that pertain to a firearm — other than a firearm that is deemed under subsection 84(3) not to be a firearm — or a prohibited…
Section 103 — Importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized
Every person commits an offence who imports or exports a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restricted firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm…
Section 104 — Unauthorized importing or exporting
Every person commits an offence who imports or exports a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restricted firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, a firearm…
Section 104.1 — Altering cartridge magazine
Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, alters a cartridge magazine that is not a prohibited device so that it becomes a prohibited device. Every person who commits an offence…
Section 105 — Losing or finding
Every person commits an offence who having lost a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm, a non-restricted firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, any prohibited…
Section 106 — Destroying
Every person commits an offence who after destroying any prohibited firearm, restricted firearm, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device or prohibited ammunition, or on becoming aware…
Section 107 — False statements
Every person commits an offence who knowingly makes, before a peace officer, firearms officer or chief firearms officer, a false report or statement concerning the loss, theft or destruction of a…
Section 108 — Tampering with serial number
Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, alters, defaces or removes a serial number on a firearm; or possesses a firearm knowing that the serial number on it has been altered,…
Section 109 — Mandatory prohibition order
Where a person is convicted, or discharged under section 730, of an indictable offence in the commission of which violence against a person was used, threatened or attempted and for which the person…
Section 110 — Discretionary prohibition order
Where a person is convicted, or discharged under section 730, of an offence, other than an offence referred to in any of paragraphs 109(1)(a) to (c.1), in the commission of which violence against a…
Section 110.1 — Application for emergency prohibition order
Any person may make an ex parte application to a provincial court judge for an order prohibiting another person from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon,…
Section 110.2 — Order denying access to information
If an order is made under subsection 110.1(3), a provincial court judge may, on application by the person who applied for the order or on the judge’s own motion, if the judge considers that it is…
Section 110.3 — Order to delete identifying information
If an order is made under subsection 110.1(3) or 110.2(1), a provincial court judge may, on application by the person who applied for the order referred to in subsection 110.1(3) or on the judge’s…
Section 110.4 — Order under subsection 111(5)
If a provincial court judge makes an order under subsection 110.1(3), the judge may, on the judge’s own motion, fix a date for the hearing of an application made under subsection 111(1) and shall…
Section 111 — Application for prohibition order
A peace officer, firearms officer or chief firearms officer may apply to a provincial court judge for an order prohibiting a person from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon,…
Section 112 — Revocation of prohibition order under subsection 110.1(3) or 111(5)
A provincial court judge may, on application by the person against whom an order is made under subsection 110.1(3) or 111(5), revoke the order if satisfied that the circumstances for which it was…
Section 113 — Lifting of prohibition order for sustenance or employment
Where a person who is or will be a person against whom a prohibition order is made establishes to the satisfaction of a competent authority that the person needs a firearm or restricted weapon to…
Section 114 — Requirement to surrender
A competent authority that makes a prohibition order against a person may, in the order, require the person to surrender to a peace officer, a firearms officer or a chief firearms officer any thing…
Section 115 — Forfeiture
Unless a prohibition order against a person specifies otherwise, every thing the possession of which is prohibited by the order is forfeited to Her Majesty if, on the commencement of the order, the…
Section 116 — Authorizations revoked or amended
Subject to subsection (2), every authorization, licence and registration certificate relating to any thing the possession of which is prohibited by a prohibition order and issued to a person against…