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Criminal Code, section 320.15(1)

Failure or refusal to provide a sample

Maximum
10 years
Mandatory minimum
No mandatory minimum
Kind of offence
Impaired driving
Prosecuted
By indictment or summary conviction

Minimum fine $2,000 first offence (s.320.19(4)), 30 days second offence, 120 days each subsequent offence.

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1 case with this offence

  1. November 15, 2022
    R. v. Arsenault, 2022 NSSC 325Careless use or storage of a firearm; Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized; Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm; Impaired operation of a conveyance; Failure or refusal to provide a sample; Possession of a weapon contrary to a prohibition order; Contravention of firearm storage regulations; Occupant of a motor vehicle knowing there is a firearm, Halifax. Justice Scott C. Norton
    • Below the Crown's ask
    4 years 6 months (4 years on s. 95(1) plus 6 months consecutive on s. 117.01, other counts concurrent), two $2,000 fines, 1-year driving prohibition after release, lifetime s. 109 prohibition, DNA

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