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Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Version of section 15 from 2008-09-12 to 2011-04-14:


Marginal note:Retention of information

  •  (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and regulations made under paragraphs 19(3)(b) and (d), information that is registered in the database in accordance with this Act shall be kept in the database indefinitely.

  • Marginal note:Permanent removal and destruction of information

    (2) Despite any other Act of Parliament, all information that is collected under this Act, or registered in the database, in connection with an order shall be destroyed and permanently removed from the database if

    • (a) the person who is subject to the order is finally acquitted of every offence in connection with which the order was made or receives a free pardon granted under Her Majesty’s royal prerogative of mercy or under section 748 of the Criminal Code for every such offence; or

    • (b) the sentence for every offence in connection with which the order was made ceases to have force and effect under subsection 249.11(2) of the National Defence Act.

  • Marginal note:Permanent removal and destruction of information

    (3) Despite any other Act of Parliament, all information that is collected under this Act, or registered in the database, in connection with an obligation under section 490.019 of the Criminal Code or section 227.06 of the National Defence Act shall be destroyed and permanently removed from the database if

    • (a) the person who is subject to the obligation is finally acquitted of every offence to which it relates or receives a free pardon granted under Her Majesty’s royal prerogative of mercy or under section 748 of the Criminal Code for every such offence;

    • (b) the sentence for every offence to which the obligation relates ceases to have force and effect under subsection 249.11(2) of the National Defence Act; or

    • (c) the person who is subject to the obligation is granted an exemption order under subsection 490.023(2) of the Criminal Code or subsection 227.1(4) of the National Defence Act or on an appeal from a decision made under that subsection.

  • 2004, c. 10, s. 15
  • 2007, c. 5, s. 46

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