Mr. Speaker, I heard the member but we are talking about persons who are convicted of sexual offences. I am pretty sure those who are convicted probably go to jail. I thought that once there was a conviction and a sentencing, at that point the Crown could apply to the court for a registration order and registration would occur for sexual offences.
It also says that once a court has ordered registration, notice will be provided to the offender requiring him to register in person at a designated police agency within 15 days after the order is made or upon release from custody. If I read this properly, and I guess it is subject to dealing with the justice officials to explain, this order could be processed during the incarceration of the person.
I also understand though that there may be cases where people are convicted of a sexual offence and they may have served their sentence and are discharged back into society before this period is up. In that case there would be the requirement for them to go to an agency.
I do not think it is as simple as waiting until after people serve their sentence and they go out into the public, then we have to go find them to register. It would appear to me that substantively all this will take place at the time just following the conviction of a sex offender.
The member is not a lawyer nor am I. He has raised a question, which is a good question to ask in committee or of justice officials who are available to him at any time to answer questions on the bill. There is also a legislative summary. However to start to interpret at this point what he thinks it means may not be helpful to the overall bill. I ask him to maybe make the necessary inquiries before he asks his questions.