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Criminal Code, section 279.1

Hostage taking

Maximum
Life imprisonment
Mandatory minimum
No mandatory minimum
Kind of offence
Violent

Indictable only. Conditional MMPs: 4 years with a firearm (s.279.1(2)(a.1)); 5 years first offence (7 subsequent) with a restricted/prohibited firearm or criminal organization (s.279.1(2)(a)). No base minimum.

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Cases with this offence

No published case has this offence yet.

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