Criminal Code

Marginal note:Persons under 18

745.1 The sentence to be pronounced against a person who was under the age of 18 at the time of the commission of the offence for which the person was convicted of first degree murder, second degree murder or manslaughter in the circumstances set out in subsection 236(2) and who is to be sentenced to imprisonment for life shall be that the person be sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole until the person has served

• (a) such period between five and seven years of the sentence as is specified by the judge presiding at the trial, or if no period is specified by the judge presiding at the trial, five years, in the case of a person who was under the age of sixteen at the time of the commission of the offence;

• (b) ten years, in the case of a person convicted of first degree murder who was sixteen or seventeen years of age at the time of the commission of the offence; and

• (c) seven years, in the case of a person who was convicted of second degree murder or of manslaughter in the circumstances set out in subsection 236(2) and who was 16 or 17 years of age at the time of the commission of the offence.