Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Marginal note:Request for correction of information

• 12 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a sex offender or a person served with a notice under section 490.021 of the Criminal Code or section 227.08 of the National Defence Act may, at any time, ask a person who collects information at the registration centre referred to in section 7.1 to correct any information relating to them that is registered in the database and that they believe contains an error or omission.

• Marginal note:Request for correction of information

  (2) The request shall be made to the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal if the information is registered in the database under section 8.2.

• Marginal note:Correction or notation

  (3) The person to whom the request is made shall, without delay, ensure that

  • (a) information in the database is corrected if they are satisfied that the information contains an error or omission; or

  • (b) a notation is attached to the information in the database that reflects any correction that is requested but not made.