Making a SOIRA Order

• Author: Steve Coughlan/Alex Gorlewski
• Pages: 388-391

388 Post-trial Matters / Special Post-conviction Procedures / Sex Oender Registration

4.2(f)(i) Making a SOIRA Order

Of what type of oence has the oender been convicted?1

Oence under

ss 490.011(1)(a), (c),

(c.1), (d), (d.1), or (e)2

Has the oender previously been

convicted of an oence under

ss 490.011(1)(a), (c), (c.1), (d),

(d.1), or (e)?3

YesNo

Yes

The court shall make a SOIRA order6

Oence under

ss 490.011(1)(b) or (f)2

Yes

Has the Crown

applied for a

SOIRA order?

Has the Crown

applied for a

SOIRA order?4

Has the Crown proven

that the oender

intended to commit

another designated

oence?5

Yes

This is the rst of two charts on sex oender registration orders. In 2004, fol-

lowing the examples of Ontario, the United Kingdom, and several American

states, Parliament enacted the Sex Oender Information Registration Act, SC

2004, c 10 [SOIRA]. As with similar legislation in other jurisdictions, the stat-

ed purpose of SOIRA is to promote public safety by aording police services a

tool — namely, an index of people convicted of sexual oences and their cur-