Sex offender orders: supplemental

(1) In section 8 of this Act and this section “sex offender” means a person who– (a) has been convicted of rape, attempted rape, carnal knowledge, forcible abduction, unnatural offence, or indecent assault; Crime Control and Criminal Justice[CAP. 102 43 (b) has been found not guilty of such an offence by reason of insanity, or found to be under a disability and to have done the act charged against him in respect of such an offence; or (c) has been punished under the law in force in a country or territory outside Belize for an act which– (i) constituted a sexual offence under that law; and (ii) would have constituted a sexual offence if it had been done in Belize. (2) In sub-section (1) of section 8, “the relevant date”, in relation to a sex offender, means– (a) the date or, as the case may be, the latest date on which he has been convicted, found, or punished as mentioned in sub- section (1); or (b) if later, the date of the commencement of that section. (3) An act punishable under the law in force in any country or territory outside Belize constitutes an offence under that law for the purposes of sub-section (1), however it is described in that law. (4) Subject to sub-section (5), the condition in sub- section (1) (c) (i) shall be taken to be satisfied unless, not later than rules of court may provide, the defendant serves on the applicant a notice44 (a) stating that, on the facts as alleged with respect to the act in question, the condition is not in his opinion satisfied; (b) showing his grounds for that opinion; and (c) requiring the applicant to show that it is satisfied. (5) The court, if it thinks fit, may permit the defendant to require the applicant to show that the condition is satisfied without the prior service of a notice under sub-