National Defence Act

Marginal note:Order

• 227.01 (1) When a court martial imposes a sentence on a person for an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (c) of the definition designated offence in section 227 or finds the person not responsible on account of mental disorder for such an offence, it shall make an order in the prescribed form requiring the person to comply with the Sex Offender Information Registration Act for the applicable period specified in section 227.02.

• Marginal note:Order — if intent established

  (2) When a court martial imposes a sentence on a person for an offence referred to in paragraph (b) or (d) of the definition designated offence in section 227, it shall, on application of the prosecutor, make an order in the prescribed form requiring the person to comply with the Sex Offender Information Registration Act for the applicable period specified in section 227.02 if the prosecutor establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that the person committed the offence with the intent to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (c) of that definition.

• Marginal note:Order — if previous offence established

  (3) When a court martial imposes a sentence on a person for a designated offence in connection with which an order may be made under subsection (1) or (2) or finds the person not responsible on account of mental disorder for such an offence, it shall, on application of the prosecutor, make an order in the prescribed form requiring the person to comply with the Sex Offender Information Registration Act for the applicable period specified in section 227.02 if the prosecutor establishes that

  • (a) the person was, before or after the coming into force of this paragraph, previously convicted of, or found not responsible on account of mental disorder for, an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (c) of the definition designated offence in section 227 of this Act or in paragraph (a), (c), (c.1), (d) or (e) of the definition designated offence in subsection 490.011(1) of the Criminal Code;

  • (b) the person was not served with a notice under section 227.08 of this Act or section 490.021 or 490.02903 of the Criminal Code in connection with that offence; and

  • (c) no order was made under subsection (1) or under subsection 490.012(1) of the Criminal Code in connection with that offence.

• Marginal note:Failure to make order

  (3.1) If the court martial does not consider the matter under subsection (1) or (3) at that time,

  • (a) the Chief Military Judge shall cause the Court Martial Administrator to convene a Standing Court Martial to do so;

  • (b) the Court Martial Administrator shall, within 90 days after the day on which the sentence was imposed or the person was found not responsible on account of mental disorder, convene the court martial; and

  • (c) for greater certainty, the person continues to be liable to be dealt with under the Code of Service Discipline for that purpose.

• Marginal note:Interpretation

  (4) For the purpose of paragraph (3)(a), a previous conviction includes a conviction for an offence

  • (a) for which a person is given an adult sentence within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act; or

  • (b) that is made in ordinary court within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985.

• (5) and (6) [Repealed, 2010, c. 17, s. 47]