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Money Laundering in the Criminal Code of Canada
Concerning laundering proceeds of crime, section 462.31 of the Criminal Code states
462.31 (1) Every one commits an offence who uses, transfers the possession of, sends or delivers to any person or place, transports, transmits, alters, disposes of or otherwise deals with, in any manner and by any means, any property or any proceeds of any property with intent to conceal or convert that property or those proceeds, knowing or believing that, or being reckless as to whether, all or a part of that property or of those proceeds was obtained or derived directly or indirectly as a result of
- the commission in Canada of a designated offence; or
- an act or omission anywhere that, if it had occurred in Canada, would have constituted a designated offence.
Punishment
(2) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1)
- is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years; or
- (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Exception
(3) A peace officer or a person acting under the direction of a peace officer is not guilty of an offence under subsection (1) if the peace officer or person does any of the things mentioned in that subsection for the purposes of an investigation or otherwise in the execution of the peace officer’s duties.