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Designated Offences

Definitions

752 In this Part [Pt. XXIV – Dangerous Offenders and Long-Term Offenders (ss. 752 to 761)]
"designated offence" means

(a) a primary designated offence,

(b) an offence under any of the following provisions:

(i) paragraph 81(1)(a) (using explosives),

(ii) paragraph 81(1)(b) (using explosives),

(iii) section 85 (using firearm or imitation firearm in commission of offence),

(iv) section 87 (pointing firearm),

(iv.1) section 98 (breaking and entering to steal firearm),

(iv.2) section 98.1 (robbery to steal firearm),

(v) section 153.1 (sexual exploitation of person with disability),

(vi) section 163.1 (child pornography),

(vii) section 170 (parent or guardian procuring sexual activity),

(viii) section 171 (householder permitting sexual activity by or in presence of child),

(ix) section 172.1 (luring child),

(ix.1) section 172.2 (agreement or arrangement — sexual offence against child),

(x) to (xii) [Repealed, 2014, c. 25, s. 29]

(xiii) section 245 (administering noxious thing),

(xiv) section 266 (assault),

(xv) section 269 (unlawfully causing bodily harm),

(xvi) section 269.1 (torture),

(xvii) paragraph 270(1)(a) (assaulting peace officer),

(xviii) section 273.3 (removal of child from Canada),

(xix) subsection 279(2) (forcible confinement),

(xx) section 279.01 (trafficking in persons),

(xx.1) section 279.011 (trafficking of a person under the age of eighteen years),

(xx.2) section 279.02 (material benefit  — trafficking),

(xx.3) section 279.03 (withholding or destroying documents  —  trafficking),

(xxi) section 279.1 (hostage taking),

(xxii) section 280 (abduction of person under age of 16),

(xxiii) section 281 (abduction of person under age of 14),

(xxiii.1) subsection 286.1(2) (obtaining sexual services for consideration from person under 18 years),

(xxiii.2) section 286.2 (material benefit from sexual services),

(xxiii.3) section 286.3 (procuring),

(xxiii.4) section 320.13 (dangerous operation),

(xxiii.5) subsections 320.14(1), (2) and (3) (operation while impaired),

(xxiii.6) section 320.15 (failure or refusal to comply with demand),

(xxiii.7) section 320.16 (failure to stop after accident),

(xxiii.8) section 320.17 (flight from peace officer),

(xxiv) section 344 (robbery), and

(xxv) section 348 (breaking and entering with intent, committing offence or breaking out),

(c) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as they read from time to time before January 1, 1988:

(i) subsection 146(2) (sexual intercourse with female between ages of 14 and 16),

(ii) section 148 (sexual intercourse with feeble-minded),

(iii) section 166 (parent or guardian procuring defilement), and

(iv) section 167 (householder permitting defilement),

(c.1) an offence under any of the following provisions of this Act, as they read from time to time before the day on which this paragraph comes into force:

(i) subsection 212(1) (procuring),

(ii) subsection 212(2) (living on the avails of prostitution of person under 18 years),

(iii) subsection 212(2.1) (aggravated offence in relation to living on the avails of prostitution of person under 18 years), and

(iv) subsection 212(4) (prostitution of person under 18 years); or

(d) an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (b), (c) or (c.1);

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R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 752; 2008, c. 6, ss. 40, 61; 2010, c. 3, s. 8; 2012, c. 1, s. 35; 2014, c. 25, s. 29; 2018, c. 21, s. 25.

– CCC (CanLII), (DOJ)

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Primary Designated Offences

Later in s. 752:

752 In this Part [Pt. XXIV – Dangerous Offenders and Long-Term Offenders (ss. 752 to 761)]
...
"primary designated offence" means

(a) an offence under any of the following provisions:

(i) section 151 (sexual interference),

(ii) section 152 (invitation to sexual touching),

(iii) section 153 (sexual exploitation),

(iv) section 155 (incest),

(v) section 239 (attempt to commit murder),

(vi) section 244 (discharging firearm with intent),

(vii) section 267 (assault with weapon or causing bodily harm),

(viii) section 268 (aggravated assault),

(ix) section 271 (sexual assault),

(x) section 272 (sexual assault with weapon, threats to third party or causing bodily harm),

(xi) section 273 (aggravated sexual assault), and

(xii) subsection 279(1) (kidnapping),

(b) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as they read from time to time before January 4, 1983:

(i) section 144 (rape),

(ii) section 145 (attempt to commit rape),

(iii) section 149 (indecent assault on female),

(iv) section 156 (indecent assault on male),

(v) subsection 245(2) (assault causing bodily harm), and

(vi) subsection 246(1) (assault with intent) if the intent is to commit an offence referred to in any of subparagraphs (i) to (v) of this paragraph,

(c) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as enacted by section 19 of An Act to amend the Criminal Code in relation to sexual offences and other offences against the person and to amend certain other Acts in relation thereto or in consequence thereof, chapter 125 of the Statutes of Canada, 1980-81-82-83:

(i) section 246.1 (sexual assault),

(ii) section 246.2 (sexual assault with weapon, threats to third party or causing bodily harm), and

(iii) section 246.3 (aggravated sexual assault),

(d) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as they read from time to time before January 1, 1988:

(i) subsection 146(1) (sexual intercourse with female under age of 14), and

(ii) paragraph 153(1)(a) (sexual intercourse with step-daughter), or

(e) an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offence referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d);

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R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 752; 2008, c. 6, ss. 40, 61; 2010, c. 3, s. 8; 2012, c. 1, s. 35; 2014, c. 25, s. 29.

– CCC (CanLII), (DOJ)

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This is similar but different from DNA primary designated offences