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Criminal Records Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-47)

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Act current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2019-08-01. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE 3(Subsections 4(3.1) and (5))Cannabis Offences

  • 1 Offences

    • (a) under subsection 4(4) or (5) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, as it read from time to time before October 17, 2018, for possession of a substance included in Item 1 of Schedule II to that Act, except for similar synthetic preparations of cannabis, other than any substance that is identical to any phytocannabinoid produced by, or found in, a cannabis (marihuana) plant, regardless of how the substance was obtained;

    • (b) under subsection 3(2) of the Narcotic Control Act, chapter N-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, as it read from time to time before May 14, 1997, for possession of a substance included in Item 3 of the schedule to that Act, except for similar synthetic preparations of cannabis sativa, other than any substance that is identical to any phytocannabinoid produced by, or found in, a cannabis (marihuana) plant, regardless of how the substance was obtained; and

    • (c) under the National Defence Act or any previous version of that Act for an act or omission that constitutes an offence listed in paragraph (a) or (b).

 

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