Criminal Code, section 95(1)
Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
What the law says
- Maximum
- 14 years
- Mandatory minimum
- No mandatory minimum
- Kind of offence
- Firearms
- Prosecuted
- By indictment or summary conviction
Minimum (3 years first offence, 5 years subsequent) struck down in R. v. Nur, 2015 SCC 15 and repealed by S.C. 2022, c. 15 (Bill C-5). Maximum raised to 14 years by S.C. 2023, c. 32 (Bill C-21).
51 cases with this offence
- October 14, 2021R. v. Lambert, 2021 BCSC 2199
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
6 years global (5 years on s. 95 plus 12 months consecutive on s. 117.01), less 31.5 months pretrial credit
Judges who sentenced this offence
- The Honourable Justice Alan M. Ross
- The Honourable Justice Briana Hardwick
- The Honourable Justice Robin A. M. Baird
- The Honourable Justice Baljinder Kaur Girn
- The Honourable Justice Eric V. Gottardi
- The Honourable Justice Karrie A. Wolfe
- The Honourable Justice Martha M. Devlin
- The Honourable Justice Richard Hewson
- The Honourable Justice Ronald S. Tindale
- The Honourable Justice Sandra Wilkinson
- The Honourable Justice Scott C. Norton
- The Honourable Justice Steven Wilson
- The Honourable Judge Theodore K. Tax
- The Honourable Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer
- The Honourable Justice Bruce Elwood
- The Honourable Justice Diane Rowe
- The Honourable Judge Elizabeth A. Buckle
- The Honourable Justice Gary P. Weatherill
- The Honourable Justice Geoffrey R. J. Gaul
- The Honourable Justice Jacqueline D. Hughes
- The Honourable Justice James W. Williams
- The Honourable Justice Jasmin Z. Ahmad
- The Honourable Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan
- The Honourable Justice John Gibb-Carsley
- The Honourable Justice John J. Steeves
- The Honourable Justice John P. Bodurtha
- The Honourable Justice Karen Horsman
- The Honourable Justice Lindsay R. LeBlanc
- The Honourable Justice Lisa J. Hamilton
- The Honourable Justice Marguerite H. Church