Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Marginal note:Notification of absence

• 6 (1) A sex offender shall notify a person who collects information at the registration centre referred to in section 7.1

  • (a) of every address or location at which they stay or intend to stay, and of their actual or estimated dates of departure from, and return to, their main residence or a secondary residence, not later than 15 days after departure if they are in Canada but are absent from their main residence and every secondary residence for a period of at least 15 consecutive days;

  • (b) of their actual or estimated date of departure from their main residence or a secondary residence, not later than 15 days after departure if they are outside Canada for a period of at least 15 consecutive days; and

  • (c) of their actual return to their main residence or a secondary residence after a departure referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), not later than 15 days after they return, unless they are required to report under section 4.1 or 4.3 within that period.

• Marginal note:Means of notification

  (2) If a sex offender is required to provide notification to a registration centre designated under this Act, they shall provide the notification by registered mail or in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 18(1)(a) or subsection 19(1). If they are required to provide notification to a registration centre designated under the National Defence Act, they shall provide the notification by registered mail unless regulations are made under paragraph 227.2(a) of that Act, in which case they shall provide the notification in accordance with those regulations.