Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Marginal note:Offence

• 17 (1) Every person who knowingly contravenes any of subsections 16(1) to (5) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

• Marginal note:For greater certainty

  (2) For greater certainty, a person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (1) if they believed that they were acting in accordance with section 16.