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If there is a '''warrant''' for your arrest, you may not be able to get | If there is a '''warrant''' for your arrest, you may not be able to get welfare benefits. Learn when this rule applies, and options to deal with an outstanding warrant. | ||
== | ==What you should know== | ||
===If you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest=== | ===If you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest=== | ||
Under the | [[Under the law in BChttps://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/sbc-2002-c-40/latest/sbc-2002-c-40.html#sec15.2_smooth|Under the law in BC]], if there is a '''warrant''' for your arrest anywhere in Canada, you may not be able to get welfare in BC. It depends on the type of offence involved. | ||
You aren’t eligible for welfare if there is an arrest warrant issued: | You aren’t eligible for welfare if there is an arrest warrant issued: | ||
# [[under the ''Immigration and Refugee Protection Acthttps://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/sc-2001-c-27/latest/sc-2001-c-27.html|under the ''Immigration and Refugee Protection Act]]'', or | |||
# under any other Canadian law in relation to an '''indictable''' offence. | |||
Indictable offences are the more serious ones, usually [https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-c-46/latest/rsc-1985-c-c-46.html under the Criminal Code] or the law on illegal drugs. They include aggravated assault, theft over $5,000, drug trafficking, and murder. | |||
If an arrest warrant for you is outstanding and falls in one of these categories, you can be cut off from (and ineligible for) welfare benefits until you take steps to deal with the warrant. The welfare benefits affected include income assistance, disability assistance, hardship assistance, and supplements. | If an arrest warrant for you is outstanding and falls in one of these categories, you can be cut off from (and ineligible for) welfare benefits until you take steps to deal with the warrant. The welfare benefits affected include income assistance, disability assistance, hardship assistance, and supplements. | ||