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Version of section 490.03 from 2004-12-15 to 2008-09-11:


Marginal note:Disclosure by Commissioner

  •  (1) At the request of a prosecutor or the Attorney General, as the case may be, the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shall disclose information that is registered in the database or the fact that such information is registered in the database

    • (a) to the prosecutor, if the Commissioner is satisfied that the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of a proceeding for an order under section 490.012; or

    • (b) to the Attorney General, if the Commissioner is satisfied that the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of a proceeding under section 490.015, 490.023 or 490.026, or an appeal from a decision made in a proceeding under any of those sections or in a proceeding for an order under section 490.012.

  • Marginal note:Disclosure by Commissioner

    (2) At the request of the Attorney General, the Commissioner shall disclose to the Attorney General all information relating to a person that is registered in the database if the person, in connection with a proceeding, discloses any such information or the fact that any such information is registered in the database.

  • Marginal note:Disclosure in legal proceedings

    (3) The prosecutor or the Attorney General may disclose the information to a court in connection with a proceeding referred to in subsection (1) or (2), or to an appeal court in connection with an appeal from a decision made in the proceeding, if the information is relevant to the proceeding or appeal.

  • Marginal note:Disclosure in legal proceedings

    (4) Information that is collected under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act or registered in the database and that is relevant to the proceeding may be disclosed to a judge or justice in a proceeding relating to an application for a search warrant in connection with the investigation of a crime that there are reasonable grounds to suspect is of a sexual nature.

  • 2004, c. 10, s. 20

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