Statutes of Canada · Annotated
Criminal Code of Canada
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Editorial Annotation

Service of Term for Escape

s. 149(1)
Service of Term for Escape

Statutory Text

149(1) Notwithstanding section 743.1, a court that convicts a person for an escape committed while undergoing imprisonment may order that the term of imprisonment be served in a penitentiary, even if the time to be served is less than two years.