Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Marginal note:Registration of information

• 8 (1) When a police service receives a copy of an order sent in accordance with subparagraph 490.018(1)(d)(iii) of the Criminal Code, a person who registers information for the police service shall

  • (a) register without delay in the database only the name of the police service and the following information relating to the person who is subject to the order:

    • (i) their given name and surname,

    • (ii) the number that identifies a record of fingerprints collected from them under the Identification of Criminals Act, if such a record exists,

    • (iii) every offence to which the order relates,

    • (iv) when and where the offence or offences were committed,

    • (v) when and where the person was convicted of, or found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder for, the offence or offences,

    • (vi) the age and gender of every victim of the offence or offences, and the victim’s relationship to the person,

    • (vii) the date and duration of the order, and

    • (viii) the court that made the order; and

  • (b) ensure that the registration of the information is done in a manner and in circumstances that ensure its confidentiality.

• Marginal note:Registration of information

  (2) When the Attorney General of a province or minister of justice of a territory receives a copy of an affidavit of service and notice sent in accordance with subsection 490.021(6) of the Criminal Code, the Attorney General or minister of justice shall

  • (a) register without delay in the database only the following information relating to the person who was served with the notice:

    • (i) their given name and surname,

    • (ii) the number that identifies a record of fingerprints collected from them under the Identification of Criminals Act, if such a record exists,

    • (iii) the date on which the notice was served,

    • (iv) every offence referred to in the notice,

    • (v) when and where the offence or offences were committed,

    • (vi) when and where the person was convicted of, or found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder for, the offence or offences,

    • (vii) the age and gender of every victim of the offence or offences, and the victim’s relationship to the person,

    • (viii) the expected duration of the person’s obligation under section 490.019 of the Criminal Code, and

    • (ix) in the case of a person referred to in paragraph 490.02(1)(b) of the Criminal Code, the date, if any, on which the person last reported under the Ontario Act and the duration of their obligation to comply with section 3 of that Act;

  • (b) ensure that the registration of the information is done in a manner and in circumstances that ensure its confidentiality; and

  • (c) send the person a copy of all of the information relating to them that is registered in the database, by registered mail, free of charge and without delay.