Canadian Criminal Sentencing/Offences/Assault with a Weapon

Assault with a Weapon
Assault with a Weapon
	s. 267(a) of the Crim. Code
Election / Plea
Crown Election	Hybrid
Jurisdiction	Prov. Court ; SC Judge + PI (I) ; SC Jury + PI (I) (536(2))
Maximum	18 months jail or $5,000 fine
Maximum	10 years jail
References
	Offence Elements ; Sentence Principles ; Sentence Digests;
Comments
	DO/LTO primary designated offence;
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Legislation

Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm
267. Every one who, in committing an assault,

(a) carries, uses or threatens to use a weapon or an imitation thereof, or

...
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 267; 1994, c. 44, s. 17.

– CCC

Application

For general principles and factors of assault-based offences, see Canadian Criminal Sentencing/Offences/Assaultive Offences

Ancillary Orders

DNA Order
Weapons Prohibition Orders
Forfeiture of Offence-related Property