Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Marginal note:Notification of absence

• 6 (1) Subject to subsection (1.1), a sex offender shall notify a person who collects information at the registration centre referred to in section 7.1

  • (a) before their departure — of the estimated dates of their departure and return and of every address or location at which they expect to stay in Canada — if they expect not to be at their main residence or any of their secondary residences for a period of seven or more consecutive days;

  • (b) within seven days after the date of their departure — of the estimated date of their return and, if the sex offender is in Canada, of their address or location — if they decide, after departure, not to be at their main residence or any of their secondary residences for a period of seven or more consecutive days or if they have not given a notification required under paragraph (a); and

  • (c) before departure or, if it is later, within seven days after the day on which the change is made — of a change in address, location or date.

• Marginal note:Canadian Forces

  (1.1) A sex offender who is required to notify a person who collects information at a registration centre designated under the National Defence Act and who requests the Chief of the Defence Staff to make a determination under section 227.16 of that Act shall provide the information relating to the operation within seven days after the date of their departure unless the determination is made during 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.