Criminal - Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA)
. R. v. J.M.
In R. v. J.M. (Ont CA, 2023) the Court of Appeal allows an appeal regarding the federal Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA):
[1] Ms. Zita, as duty counsel, raised the issue of the error on the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, S.C. 2004, c. 10 (“SOIRA”) order following the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38, 474 D.L.R. (4th) 389.
[2] On consent, the SOIRA order is reduced from lifetime to 20 years.
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