Criminal Code
655Recruiting people to engage in criminal activity
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655 Recruiting people to engage in criminal activity (1) A person commits an offence if the person recruits someone else to carry out, or assist in carrying out, a criminal activity. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person recruits a child to carry out, or assist in carrying out, a criminal activity. (3) For subsection (2), criminal activity includes conduct that makes up the physical elements of an indictable offence engaged in by a person who is under the age of criminal responsibility for the offence. recruit means counsel, procure, solicit, incite or induce.
Interpretation for ch 7 Part 7.1