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Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Version of section 6 from 2004-12-15 to 2008-09-11:


Marginal note:Notice about absence

  •  (1) A sex offender shall notify a person who collects information at the registration centre that serves the area in which their main residence is located

    • (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) Notification shall be by registered mail or in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 18(1)(a) or subsection 19(1), but a sex offender may not be required to provide notification in person.


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