Criminal Code, section 99(1)
Weapons trafficking
What the law says
- Maximum
- 14 years
- Mandatory minimum
- 3 years
- Kind of offence
- Firearms
Indictable only. MMP of 3 years first offence (5 years subsequent) when the object is a firearm, firearm part, ammunition or prohibited device (s.99(2)); C-5 (S.C. 2022, c. 15 (Bill C-5)) removed only the minimum for "other cases". Maximum raised to 14 years by S.C. 2023, c. 32 (Bill C-21).
4 cases with this offence
- January 30, 20268 years imprisonment (3 years on manufacturing a restricted firearm, consecutive to concurrent 4 and 5 years on two drug counts)
- June 6, 202519 years' imprisonment (13 years and 6 years consecutive for two manslaughters, 6 years concurrent for the firearm offence), less 1,490 days' credit
- April 14, 20255 years in custody (consecutive on two counts), less 135 days credit
- December 3, 2021R. v. Abo Zead, 2021 BCSC 2577
- On release at the time
Five years and 150 days on the conspiracy count, less 1.5:1 credit for 100 days of pre-sentence custody (five years remaining); four years concurrent on each of three s. 99 transfer counts; lifetime firearms prohibition