R.S., c. C-46 Criminal Code 1 (1) Section 7 of the  Criminal Code  is amended by adding the following after subsection (4.11): Offence outside Canada (4.2) Despite anything in this Act or any other Act, a person who commits an act or omission outside Canada that, if committed in Canada, would be an offence under section 240.1 is deemed to commit that act or omission in Canada if the person is a Canadian citizen or a  permanent resident  within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the  Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (2) Subsection 7(4.3) of the Act is replaced by the following: Consent of Attorney General (4.3) Proceedings with respect to an act or omission deemed to have been committed in Canada under subsection (4.1) or (4.2) may only be instituted with the consent of the Attorney General. 2 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 240: Trafficking in Human Organs Removal without informed consent 240.1 (1) Everyone commits an offence who (a) obtains an organ to be transplanted into their body or into the body of another person, knowing that the person from whom it was removed or a person lawfully authorized to consent on behalf of the person from whom it was removed did not give informed consent to the removal, or being reckless as to whether or not such consent was given; (b) carries out, participates in or facilitates the removal of an organ from the body of another person, knowing that the person from whom it was removed or a person lawfully authorized to consent on behalf of the person from whom it was removed did not give informed consent to the removal, or being reckless as to whether or not such consent was given; or (c) does anything in connection with the removal of an organ from the body of another person on behalf of, at the direction of or in association with the person who removes the organ, knowing that the person from whom it was removed or a person lawfully authorized to consent on behalf of the person from whom it was removed did not give informed consent to the removal, or being reckless as to whether or not such consent was given. Financial transaction (2) Everyone commits an offence who obtains or participates in or facilitates the obtaining of an organ from the body of another person for the purposes of having that organ transplanted into their body or the body of another person, knowing that it was obtained for consideration or being reckless as to whether or not it was obtained for consideration. Punishment (3) Everyone who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years. 2001, c. 27 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 3 Subsection 35(1) of the  Immigration and Refugee Protection Act  is amended by adding the following after paragraph (c): (c.1) having engaged in conduct that would, in the opinion of the Minister, constitute an offence under section 240.1 of the  Criminal Code ;