Bill C-16
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SUMMARY |
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The enactment requires that certain information about sex offenders
be registered in a national database. This database is part of the
automated criminal conviction records retrieval system maintained by
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It is intended to serve as a tool that
will help police investigate crimes of a sexual nature by providing them
with access to current and reliable information relating to sex offenders.
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The enactment amends the Criminal Code to enable the Crown to
apply for an order to require an offender who is convicted of, or found
not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder for, certain
offences to report regularly to a designated registration centre and
provide information. It creates a new Criminal Code offence for failure
to comply with the order, as well as an offence for providing false or
misleading information.
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The enactment regulates access to, and the use and disclosure of, the
information contained in the database and includes an offence for
contravention of those provisions.
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