Legal Glossary

Income tax evasion is a serious criminal offense in tax evasion Canada law, governed primarily by Section 239 of the Income Tax Act. Under Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Code 6150, …

In Canada, the cannabis plant possession law Canada sets clear limits on how many cannabis plants an individual can legally possess and where those plants can be kept. Under Section …

The offence of sale of cannabis to an adult

In Canadian law, cocaine importation and exportation

Under Canadian law, the offence of failure or refusal to comply with demand, accident resulting in death

In Canada, the offence of failure or refusal to comply with a demand, accident resulting in bodily harm (alcohol and drugs)

Forcible confinement in Canada is a serious offence that targets any unlawful restriction of a person’s freedom. Under the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system it is coded as UCR Code …

Counterfeiting in Canada (Uniform Crime Reporting, or UCR, Code 3420) covers a wide range of activities involving fake or altered money, including making it, possessing it, using it, or advertising …

In Canadian criminal law, “other offensive weapons” (historically tracked under UCR Code 3350) refers to a broad range of situations where a person possesses, carries, or conceals a weapon in …

In Canada, the offence of proceeds of crime, often called money laundering, targets anyone who deals with property derived from criminal activity in order to hide or disguise its illegal …