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==Overview==
''See [[Drug Trafficking (Offence)]]''

==Offence Wording==
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'''Trafficking in substance'''<br>
5. (1) No person shall traffic in a substance included in Schedule I, II, III or IV or in any substance represented or held out by that person to be such a substance.
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'''Possession for purpose of trafficking'''<br>
(2) No person shall, for the purpose of trafficking, possess a substance included in Schedule I, II, III or IV.
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'''Punishment'''<Br>
(3) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2)<br>
...
:(c) where the subject-matter of the offence is a substance included in Schedule IV,
::(i) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or
::(ii) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
...
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'''Interpretation'''<br>
(5) For the purposes of applying subsection (3) in respect of an offence under subsection (1), a reference to a substance included in Schedule I, II, III or IV includes a reference to any substance represented or held out to be a substance included in that Schedule.
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...<br>
1996, c. 19, s. 5; 2012, c. 1, s. 39.
|[http://canlii.ca/t/7vtc#sec5 CDSA]}}

==Participation of Third Parties==
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'''Testimonial Aids'''<br>
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'''On Finding of Guilt'''<br>
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==Sentencing Principles and Ranges==
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'''Maximum Penalties'''<br>
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'''Minimum Penalties'''<br>
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'''Available Dispositions'''<br>
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'''Consecutive Sentences'''<Br>
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===Schedule IV: Barbiturates, Steroids, etc.===
Offenders found trafficking in a Schedule IV controlled substance (e.g. Barbiturates and steroids) are liable for either a indictable offence with a maximum penalty of '''3 years''' incarceration or summary offence with a maximum penalty of '''12 months in jail'''.

==Ancillary Sentencing Orders==
{{seealso|Ancillary Orders}}
	
'''Offence-specific Orders'''
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| [[Weapons Prohibition Orders]] ||s. 5 CDSA||
* {{Section109|BorC|s. 5}}
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'''Circumstance-specific Forfeiture Orders'''
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'''Other Sentencing Orders'''
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==See Also==
* [[CDSA Schedules]]
* [[Drug Trafficking, Schedule I (Sentencing)]]: Maximum penalty of life
* [[Drug Trafficking, Schedule II (Sentencing)]]: Maximum penalty of life
* [[Drug Trafficking, Schedule III (Sentencing)]]: Maximum penalty of 10 years


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