National Defence Act

Marginal note:Date obligation begins

• 227.09 (1) The obligation under section 227.06 begins

  • (a) either one year after the day on which the person is served with the notice, or when an exemption order is refused under subsection 227.1(4) of this Act or subsection 490.023(2) of the Criminal Code, whichever is later; or

  • (b) when an exemption order is quashed.

• Marginal note:Date obligation ends

  (2) The obligation ends when an exemption order is made on an appeal from a decision made under subsection 227.1(4) of this Act or subsection 490.023(2) of the Criminal Code.

• Marginal note:Duration of obligation

  (3) If subsection (2) does not apply earlier, the obligation

  • (a) ends 10 years after the person was sentenced, or found not responsible on account of mental disorder, for the offence listed in the notice if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence is five years or less;

  • (b) ends 20 years after the person was sentenced, or found not responsible on account of mental disorder, for the offence listed in the notice if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence is 10 or 14 years;

  • (c) applies for life if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence listed in the notice is life; or

  • (d) applies for life if, at any time, the person was convicted of, or found not responsible on account of mental disorder for, more than one offence that is 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 and if more than one of those offences is listed in the notice.