Criminal Code

Marginal note:Obligation to advise police service

• 490.02911 (1) A person who was convicted of or found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder for an offence outside Canada shall, if the offence is equivalent to one referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition primary offence in subsection 490.011(1), advise a police service within seven days after the day on which they arrive in Canada of that fact and of

  • (a) their name, date of birth, gender, address and telephone number in Canada; and

  • (b) to the best of their knowledge,

    • (i) the offence for which they were convicted or found not criminally responsible,

    • (ii) the country — and, if applicable, the province, state, territory or municipality in that country — in which the offence was committed,

    • (iii) the day on which the offence was committed,

    • (iv) the day on which they were convicted of the offence or found not criminally responsible for it, and

    • (v) if different from the day on which they were convicted of the offence, the day on which the sentence was imposed.

• Marginal note:New obligation to advise

  (1.1) The person is not required to advise the police service again under subsection (1) unless they are later convicted of or found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder for another offence outside Canada referred to in that subsection.

• Marginal note:Change in address

  (2) The person shall, if they are in Canada, advise a police service of a change in address within seven days after the day on which the change is made.

• Marginal note:Information to be provided to Attorney General

  (3) The police service shall cause the Attorney General of the province, or the minister of justice of the territory, in which it is located to be provided with the information.

• Marginal note:Obligation ends

  (4) A person’s obligation under subsection (2) ends when they are served under section 490.02902 or, if it is earlier, one year after the day on which they advise the police service under subsection (1).