26. (1) Any person convicted, in Canada or elsewhere, of common assault, mischief, assault that causes bodily harm, theft, intimidation, trafficking in drugs, conspiracy to commit any of those acts, an indictable offence provided for in sections 467.11 to 467.13 of the Criminal Code (R.S.C, 1985, c. C-46) or, if it is related to the activities the person carries on in the construction industry, an offence under a fiscal law or an indictable offence other than the acts listed in subsection 2 cannot hold a management post in an association of employees nor be elected or appointed as job-site steward, business agent or union representative of such an association nor hold any of such functions.Except where the person convicted is granted a pardon under the Criminal Records Act (R.S.C, 1985, c. C-47), the disqualification provided for above shall subsist for five years after the term of imprisonment fixed by the sentence; in the case of a sentence to a fine only or in the case of a suspended sentence, the disqualification shall subsist for five years from the date of the conviction.
(2) Any person convicted, in Canada or elsewhere, of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, robbery, extortion, arson, breaking and entering, fraudulent misuse of funds, kidnapping, intentionally causing bodily harm with intent to wound, maim or disfigure a person or endanger the life of any person or of conspiracy to commit any of such acts cannot hold a management post in an association of employees nor be elected or appointed job-site steward, business agent or union representative of such an association nor hold any of such functions unless such person has been granted a pardon under the Criminal Records Act.
(3) This section applies even with respect to convictions pronounced against a person contemplated in the preceding subsections prior to 9 May 1975.