Criminal Code

Marginal note:Application for termination order

• 490.026 (1) A person who is subject to an obligation under section 490.019 and is not subject to an order under section 490.012 of this Act or section 227.01 of the National Defence Act may apply for a termination order.

• Marginal note:Time for application

  (2) A person may apply for a termination order if the following period has elapsed since they were sentenced, or found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder, for an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (c), (c.1), (d) or (e) of the definition designated offence in subsection 490.011(1) of this Act or in paragraph (a) or (c) of the definition designated offence in section 227 of the National Defence Act:

  • (a) five years if the offence was prosecuted summarily or if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence is two or five years;

  • (b) 10 years if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence is 10 or 14 years; or

  • (c) 20 years if the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence is life.

• Marginal note:More than one offence

  (3) If more than one offence is listed in the notice served under section 490.021, the person may apply for a termination order if 20 years have elapsed since they were sentenced, or found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder, for the most recent offence referred to in paragraph (a), (c), (c.1), (d) or (e) of the definition designated offence in subsection 490.011(1) of this Act or in paragraph (a) or (c) of the definition designated offence in section 227 of the National Defence Act.

• Marginal note:Pardon

  (4) Despite subsections (2) and (3), a person may apply for a termination order once they receive a pardon.

• Marginal note:Re-application

  (5) A person whose application is refused may re-apply if five years have elapsed since they made the previous application. They may also re-apply once they receive a pardon. However, they may not re-apply under this subsection if an order is made with respect to them under section 490.012 of this Act or section 227.01 of the National Defence Act after the previous application was made.

• Marginal note:Jurisdiction

  (6) The application shall be made to a court of criminal jurisdiction if

  • (a) it relates to an obligation under section 490.019 of this Act; or

  • (b) it relates to an obligation under section 227.06 of the National Defence Act and the Chief Military Judge does not have jurisdiction to receive the application under subsection 227.12(6) of that Act.