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APPENDIX C

LIST OF DESIGNATED OFFENCES

SECTION 487.04 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE

primary designated offence” means

(a) an offence under any of the following provisions, namely,

(i) subsection 212(2.1) (aggravated offence in relation to living on the avails of prostitution of a person under the age of eighteen years),

(ii) section 235 (murder),

(iii) section 236 (manslaughter),

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

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

(vi) section 244.1 (causing bodily harm with intent – air gun or pistol),

(vii) paragraph 245(a) (administering noxious thing with intent to endanger life or cause bodily harm),

(viii) section 246 (overcoming resistance to commission of offence),

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

(x) section 268 (aggravated assault),

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

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

(xiii) section 273 (aggravated sexual assault),

(xiv) section 279 (kidnapping),

(xv) section 344 (robbery), and

(xvi) section 346 (extortion),

(a.1) an offence under any of the following provisions, namely,

(i) section 75 (piratical acts),

(i.01) section 76 (hijacking),

(i.02) section 77 (endangering safety of aircraft or airport),

(i.03) section 78.1 (seizing control of ship or fixed platform),

(i.04) subsection 81(1) (using explosives),

(i.05) section 83.18 (participation in activity of terrorist group),

(i.06) section 83.19 (facilitating terrorist activity),

(i.07) section 83.2 (commission of offence for terrorist group),

(i.08) section 83.21 (instructing to carry out activity for terrorist group),

(i.09) section 83.22 (instructing to carry out terrorist activity),

(i.1) section 83.23 (harbouring or concealing),

(i.11) section 151 (sexual interference),

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

(iii) section 153 (sexual exploitation),

(iii.1) section 153.1 (sexual exploitation of person with disability),

(iv) section 155 (incest),

(iv.1) subsection 163.1(2) (making child pornography),

(iv.2) subsection 163.1(3) (distribution, etc., of child pornography),

(iv.3) subsection 163.1(4) (possession of child pornography),

(iv.4) subsection 163.1(4.1) (accessing child pornography),

(iv.5) section 172.1 (luring a child),

(v) subsection 212(1) (procuring),

(v.1) subsection 212(2) (procuring),

(v.2) subsection 212(4) (offence – prostitution of person under eighteen),

(vi) section 233 (infanticide),

(vii) section 271 (sexual assault),

(vii.1) section 279.01 (trafficking in persons),

(viii) section 279.1 (hostage taking),

(ix) paragraph 348(1)(d) (breaking and entering a dwelling-house),

(x) section 423.1 (intimidation of a justice system participant or journalist),

(xi) section 431 (attack on premises, residence or transport of internationally protected person),

(xii) section 431.1 (attack on premises, accommodation or transport of United Nations or associated personnel),

(xiii) subsection 431.2(2) (explosive or other lethal device),

(xiv) section 467.11 (participation in activities of criminal organization),

(xv) section 467.12 (commission of offence for criminal organization), and

(xvi) section 467.13 (instructing commission of offence for criminal organization),

(xvi.1) to (xx) [Repealed, 2005, c. 25, s. 1]

(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, namely,

(i) section 144 (rape),

(ii) section 146 (sexual intercourse with female under fourteen and between fourteen and sixteen),

(iii) section 148 (sexual intercourse with feeble-minded, etc.),

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

(v) section 156 (indecent assault on male), and

(vi) section 157 (acts of gross indecency),

(c) an offence under paragraph 153(1)(a) (sexual intercourse with step-daughter, etc.) of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as it read from time to time before January 1, 1988,

(c.1) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Security of Information Act, namely,

(i) section 6 (approaching, entering, etc., a prohibited place),

(ii) subsection 20(1) (threats or violence), and

(iii) subsection 21(1) (harbouring or concealing), and

(d) an attempt to commit or, other than for the purposes of subsection 487.05(1), a conspiracy to commit an offence referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (c);

secondary designated offence” means an offence, other than a primary designated offence, that is

(a) an offence under this Act that may be prosecuted by indictment – or, for section 487.051 to apply, is prosecuted by indictment – for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for five years or more,

(b) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that may be prosecuted by indictment – or, for section 487.051 to apply, is prosecuted by indictment – for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for five years or more:

(i) section 5 (trafficking in substance and possession for purpose of trafficking),

(ii) section 6 (importing and exporting), and

(iii) section 7 (production of substance),

(c) an offence under any of the following provisions of this Act:

(i) section 145 (escape and being at large without excuse),

(i.1) section 146 (permitting or assisting escape),

(i.2) section 147 (rescue or permitting escape),

(i.3) section 148 (assisting prisoner of war to escape),

(i.4) subsection 160(3) (bestiality in pres­ence of or by child),

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

(iii) section 173 (indecent acts),

(iv) section 252 (failure to stop at scene of accident),

(v) section 264 (criminal harassment),

(vi) section 264.1 (uttering threats),

(vii) section 266 (assault),

(viii) section 270 (assaulting a peace officer),

(ix) paragraph 348(1)(e) (breaking and entering a place other than a dwelling-house),

(x) section 349 (being unlawfully in dwelling-house), and

(xi) section 423 (intimidation),

(d) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, as they read from time to time before July 1, 1990:

(i) section 433 (arson), and

(ii) section 434 (setting fire to other substance), and

(e) an attempt to commit or, other than for the purposes of subsection 487.05(1), a conspiracy to commit

(i) an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) – which, for section 487.051 to apply, is prosecuted by indictment, or

(ii) an offence referred to in paragraph (c) or (d).